diff --git a/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/net/phy/mvsw6171.h b/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/net/phy/mvsw6171.h
index 2b9ef97a6daf3165aff211ccec5a1bc5ca460c4c..38442c11f9f3c59ac41ff535765218aebd8c51c9 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/net/phy/mvsw6171.h
+++ b/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/net/phy/mvsw6171.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ enum {
 
 #define MV_IDENT_MASK			0xffc0
 #define MV_IDENT_VALUE			0x1700
-#define MV_IDENT_STR			"MV88E6171"
+#define MV_IDENT_STR			"MV88E617x"
 
 #define MV_PVID_MASK			0x0fff
 
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.14/733-phy_mvsw6171.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.14/733-phy_mvsw6171.patch
index 991828da32c394c4635108c49f60c509451ddbee..b6fbb1ce760d006fd5280a4f3666b4f4e16da787 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.14/733-phy_mvsw6171.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.14/733-phy_mvsw6171.patch
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  	select ETHERNET_PACKET_MANGLE
  
 +config MVSW6171_PHY
-+	tristate "Driver for Marvell 88E6171 switches"
++	tristate "Driver for Marvell 88E6171/6172 switches"
 +	select SWCONFIG
 +
  config IP17XX_PHY
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.18/733-phy_mvsw6171.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.18/733-phy_mvsw6171.patch
index 291164791f32ed3eecad4a2b1556d1d1aeb9bbb4..0df13fe766a7d94b6f520d855341fc91fcdff337 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.18/733-phy_mvsw6171.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.18/733-phy_mvsw6171.patch
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  	select ETHERNET_PACKET_MANGLE
  
 +config MVSW6171_PHY
-+	tristate "Driver for Marvell 88E6171 switches"
++	tristate "Driver for Marvell 88E6171/6172 switches"
 +	select SWCONFIG
 +
  config IP17XX_PHY