diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/10-rt2x00-eeprom b/target/linux/ramips/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/10-rt2x00-eeprom
index 13a4687251..96a2397191 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/10-rt2x00-eeprom
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/10-rt2x00-eeprom
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rt2x00_eeprom_extract() {
 	[ -n "$mtd" ] || \
 		rt2x00_eeprom_die "no mtd device found for partition $part"
 
-	dd if=$mtd of=/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE bs=1 skip=$offset count=$count 2>/dev/null || \
+	dd if=$mtd of=/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE iflag=skip_bytes bs=$count skip=$offset count=1 2>/dev/null || \
 		rt2x00_eeprom_die "failed to extract from $mtd"
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ rt2x00_eeprom_set_macaddr() {
 		rt2x00_eeprom_die "invalid wlan mac address"
 
 	macaddr_2bin $macaddr | dd of=/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE \
-				conv=notrunc bs=1 seek=4 count=6 2>/dev/null || \
+				conv=notrunc oflag=seek_bytes bs=6 seek=4 count=1 2>/dev/null || \
 		rt2x00_eeprom_die "failed to write mac address to eeprom file"
 }