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diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/402-ath9k-fix-invalid-mac-address-handling.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/402-ath9k-fix-invalid-mac-address-handling.patch
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index 0000000000..b2a7073307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/402-ath9k-fix-invalid-mac-address-handling.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
+ #include <linux/io.h>
+ #include <linux/slab.h>
+ #include <linux/module.h>
++#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+ #include <asm/unaligned.h>
+
+ #include "hw.h"
+@@ -518,8 +519,16 @@ static int ath9k_hw_init_macaddr(struct
+ common->macaddr[2 * i] = eeval >> 8;
+ common->macaddr[2 * i + 1] = eeval & 0xff;
+ }
+- if (sum == 0 || sum == 0xffff * 3)
+- return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
++ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(common->macaddr)) {
++ ath_err(common,
++ "eeprom contains invalid mac address: %pM\n",
++ common->macaddr);
++
++ random_ether_addr(common->macaddr);
++ ath_err(common,
++ "random mac address will be used: %pM\n",
++ common->macaddr);
++ }
+
+ return 0;
+ }