diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/10-ath9k-eeprom b/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/10-ath9k-eeprom
index 4061aa67eb..72a768c554 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/10-ath9k-eeprom
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/10-ath9k-eeprom
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ ath9k_patch_fw_mac() {
 			dd of=/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE conv=notrunc bs=1 seek=$chksum_offset count=2
 	}
 
-	macaddr_2bin $mac | dd of=/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE conv=notrunc bs=1 seek=$mac_offset count=6
+	macaddr_2bin $mac | dd of=/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE conv=notrunc oflag=seek_bytes bs=6 seek=$mac_offset count=1
 }
 
 ath9k_patch_fw_mac_crc() {
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/11-ath10k-caldata b/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/11-ath10k-caldata
index cf8dcde711..8651c97099 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/11-ath10k-caldata
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/firmware/11-ath10k-caldata
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ath10kcal_from_file() {
 	local offset=$2
 	local count=$3
 
-	dd if=$source of=/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE bs=1 skip=$offset count=$count 2>/dev/null || \
+	dd if=$source of=/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE iflag=skip_bytes bs=$count skip=$offset count=1 2>/dev/null || \
 		ath10kcal_die "failed to extract calibration data from $source"
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ath10kcal_extract() {
 	[ -n "$mtd" ] || \
 		ath10kcal_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 || \
 		ath10kcal_die "failed to extract calibration data from $mtd"
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ath10kcal_patch_mac() {
 
 	[ -z "$mac" ] && return
 
-	macaddr_2bin $mac | dd of=/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE conv=notrunc bs=1 seek=6 count=6
+	macaddr_2bin $mac | dd of=/lib/firmware/$FIRMWARE conv=notrunc oflag=seek_bytes bs=6 seek=6 count=1
 }
 
 ath10kcal_patch_mac_crc() {