diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.36/512-yaffs_symlink_bug.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.36/512-yaffs_symlink_bug.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dabf2871bf760e009d62ee17b3577f24862c97a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-2.6.36/512-yaffs_symlink_bug.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- a/fs/yaffs2/yaffs_guts.c
++++ b/fs/yaffs2/yaffs_guts.c
+@@ -1709,11 +1709,11 @@ static int yaffs_change_obj_name(yaffs_o
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	/* TODO: Do we need this different handling for YAFFS2 and YAFFS1?? */
+-	if (obj->my_dev->param.is_yaffs2)
++	// if (obj->my_dev->param.is_yaffs2) 
+ 		unlinkOp = (new_dir == obj->my_dev->unlinked_dir);
+-	else
++	/* else
+ 		unlinkOp = (new_dir == obj->my_dev->unlinked_dir
+-			    && obj->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE);
++			    && obj->variant_type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE); */
+ 
+ 	deleteOp = (new_dir == obj->my_dev->del_dir);
+