diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile
index 96bbc98c70..aeb028181e 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ltq-vdsl-vr9-mei
 PKG_VERSION:=1.5.17.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 
 PKG_BASE_NAME:=drv_mei_cpe
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_BASE_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ PKG_HASH:=94f6904364348b7f74087e721968abc28b2564fb9bd8899aa930d36490387662
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
-PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0 BSD-2-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-error_print \
 	--enable-ifxos-include="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/ifxos/" \
 	--enable-ifxos-library="-L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib" \
-	--enable-add_drv_cflags="-DMEI_DRV_ATM_PTM_INTERFACE_ENABLE=1 -fno-pic -mlong-calls -O2 -g0" \
+	--enable-add_drv_cflags="-DMEI_DRV_ATM_PTM_INTERFACE_ENABLE=1" \
 	--enable-linux-26 \
 	--enable-kernelbuild="$(LINUX_DIR)" \
 	--enable-drv_test_appl=yes \
diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/patches/020-not-leak-cflags.patch b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/patches/020-not-leak-cflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31dbba37b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-vdsl-mei/patches/020-not-leak-cflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ drv_mei_cpe_common_cflags = $(AM_CFLAGS)
+ else
+ 
+ drv_mei_cpe_common_cflags = \
+-	$(AM_CFLAGS) -D__KERNEL__ -DLINUX -D__linux__ -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB \
+-	-pipe -Wimplicit -Wunused -Wuninitialized -Wsign-compare -Wstrict-aliasing
++	-D__KERNEL__ -DLINUX -D__linux__ -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB
+ 
+ endif
+ 
+@@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ drv_mei_cpe.ko: $(drv_mei_cpe_SOURCES)
+ 	@echo -e "# drv_mei_cpe: Generated to build Linux 2.6.x kernel object" > $(PWD)/Kbuild
+ 	@echo -e "obj-m := $(subst .ko,.o,$@)"			>> $(PWD)/Kbuild
+ 	@echo -e "$(subst .ko,,$@)-y := $(drv_mei_cpe_OBJS)"	>> $(PWD)/Kbuild
+-	@echo -e "EXTRA_CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) $(drv_mei_cpe_CFLAGS) -I@abs_srcdir@ -I@abs_srcdir@/auto_header $(IFXOS_INCLUDE_PATH)" >> $(PWD)/Kbuild
++	@echo -e "EXTRA_CFLAGS := $(drv_mei_cpe_CFLAGS) -I@abs_srcdir@ -I@abs_srcdir@/auto_header $(IFXOS_INCLUDE_PATH)" >> $(PWD)/Kbuild
+ 	$(MAKE) ARCH=@KERNEL_ARCH@ -C @KERNEL_BUILD_PATH@ O=@KERNEL_BUILD_PATH@ M=$(PWD) modules
+ 
+ clean-generic: