diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-3.8/999-0-fix-ethernet b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-3.8/999-0-fix-ethernet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c087b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/patches-3.8/999-0-fix-ethernet
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: linux-3.8.3/arch/mips/ath79/mach-tl-mr11u.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-3.8.3.orig/arch/mips/ath79/mach-tl-mr11u.c
++++ linux-3.8.3/arch/mips/ath79/mach-tl-mr11u.c
+@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ static void __init common_setup(void)
+ 				    AR933X_GPIO_FUNC_ETH_SWITCH_LED2_EN);
+ 
+ 	/* disable PHY_SWAP and PHY_ADDR_SWAP bits */
+-	ath79_setup_ar933x_phy4_switch(false, false);
++	ath79_setup_ar933x_phy4_switch(false, true);
+ 
+ 	register_mtd_user(&spi_notifier);
+