diff --git a/package/mac80211/Makefile b/package/mac80211/Makefile
index a7a21666d2..1eca016669 100644
--- a/package/mac80211/Makefile
+++ b/package/mac80211/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 PKG_NAME:=mac80211
 
 PKG_VERSION:=2011-04-06
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
 PKG_MD5SUM:=7ef8c2d9ee25af7ed33cf339f2484249
 
diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/560-ath9k-register-id-table-for-platform-device.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/560-ath9k-register-id-table-for-platform-device.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a8da5b77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/560-ath9k-register-id-table-for-platform-device.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ahb.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ahb.c
+@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@
+ #include <linux/ath9k_platform.h>
+ #include "ath9k.h"
+ 
++const struct platform_device_id ath9k_platform_id_table[] = {
++	{
++		.name = "ath9k",
++		.driver_data = AR5416_AR9100_DEVID,
++	},
++	{},
++};
++
+ /* return bus cachesize in 4B word units */
+ static void ath_ahb_read_cachesize(struct ath_common *common, int *csz)
+ {
+@@ -57,6 +65,7 @@ static int ath_ahb_probe(struct platform
+ 	struct ath_softc *sc;
+ 	struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
+ 	struct resource *res;
++	const struct platform_device_id *id = platform_get_device_id(pdev);
+ 	int irq;
+ 	int ret = 0;
+ 	struct ath_hw *ah;
+@@ -116,7 +125,7 @@ static int ath_ahb_probe(struct platform
+ 		goto err_free_hw;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	ret = ath9k_init_device(AR5416_AR9100_DEVID, sc, 0x0, &ath_ahb_bus_ops);
++	ret = ath9k_init_device(id->driver_data, sc, 0x0, &ath_ahb_bus_ops);
+ 	if (ret) {
+ 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to initialize device\n");
+ 		goto err_irq;
+@@ -165,8 +174,11 @@ static struct platform_driver ath_ahb_dr
+ 		.name	= "ath9k",
+ 		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+ 	},
++	.id_table    = ath9k_platform_id_table,
+ };
+ 
++MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(platform, ath9k_platform_id_table);
++
+ int ath_ahb_init(void)
+ {
+ 	return platform_driver_register(&ath_ahb_driver);