diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.30/020-mips_multi_machine_support.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.30/020-mips_multi_machine_support.patch
index ceb61580b3fd2a8918ed458a897f23bc0e8d2a7b..6799fdbb8b3a83abdd2e832ddf58439f322d3f77 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.30/020-mips_multi_machine_support.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.30/020-mips_multi_machine_support.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/include/asm-mips/mips_machine.h
-@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
 +/*
-+ *  Copyright (C) 2008 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
++ *  Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
 + *
 + *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 + *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
@@ -16,25 +16,24 @@
 +#include <linux/init.h>
 +#include <linux/list.h>
 +
-+#define MIPS_MACHINE_NAME_LEN	64
-+
 +struct mips_machine {
 +	unsigned long		mach_type;
 +	void			(*mach_setup)(void);
-+	unsigned char		mach_name[MIPS_MACHINE_NAME_LEN];
++	char			*mach_name;
 +	struct list_head	list;
 +};
 +
 +void mips_machine_register(struct mips_machine *) __init;
 +void mips_machine_setup(unsigned long machtype) __init;
 +
-+extern unsigned char mips_machine_name[MIPS_MACHINE_NAME_LEN];
++extern char *mips_machine_name;
 +
 +#define MIPS_MACHINE(_type, _name, _setup) 			\
++static char machine_name_##_type[] __initdata = _name;		\
 +static struct mips_machine machine_##_type __initdata =		\
 +{								\
 +	.mach_type	= _type,				\
-+	.mach_name	= _name,				\
++	.mach_name	= machine_name_##_type,			\
 +	.mach_setup	= _setup,				\
 +};								\
 +								\
@@ -50,15 +49,16 @@
 +
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mips_machine.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
 +/*
-+ *  Copyright (C) 2008 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
++ *  Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
 + *
 + *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 + *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
 + *  by the Free Software Foundation.
 + *
 + */
++#include <linux/mm.h>
 +
 +#include <asm/mips_machine.h>
 +#include <asm/bootinfo.h>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 +static struct list_head mips_machines __initdata =
 +		LIST_HEAD_INIT(mips_machines);
 +
-+unsigned char mips_machine_name[MIPS_MACHINE_NAME_LEN] = "Unknown";
++char *mips_machine_name = "Unknown";
 +
 +static struct mips_machine * __init mips_machine_find(unsigned long machtype)
 +{
@@ -99,9 +99,20 @@
 +		return;
 +	}
 +
-+	if (mach->mach_name[0])
-+		strncpy(mips_machine_name, mach->mach_name,
-+			MIPS_MACHINE_NAME_LEN);
++	if (mach->mach_name) {
++		char *name;
++		unsigned int len;
++
++		len = strlen(mach->mach_name);
++		name = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
++		if (name) {
++			strncpy(name, mach->mach_name,len);
++			name[len] = '\0';
++			mips_machine_name = name;
++		} else {
++			printk(KERN_WARNING "MIPS: no memory for machine_name\n");
++		}
++	}
 +
 +	printk(KERN_INFO "MIPS: machine is %s\n", mips_machine_name);
 +