diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx.h b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx.h
index 8f966e1fda350ec465c13ba2f4a6af6d1ba29490..f4ae0eb1788828d0ed31625e79730dc14cf83e7d 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx.h
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define ETH_FCS_LEN	4
 
 #define AG71XX_DRV_NAME		"ag71xx"
-#define AG71XX_DRV_VERSION	"0.5.24"
+#define AG71XX_DRV_VERSION	"0.5.25"
 
 #define AG71XX_NAPI_WEIGHT	64
 #define AG71XX_OOM_REFILL	(1 + HZ/10)
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_mdio.c b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_mdio.c
index 57212788950cff83587b50824fdc55c60ad70e3a..72f732d54fb2d79e9731ebed81bb93b69c570e04 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_mdio.c
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/drivers/net/ag71xx/ag71xx_mdio.c
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ struct ag71xx_mdio *ag71xx_mdio_bus;
 static inline void ag71xx_mdio_wr(struct ag71xx_mdio *am, unsigned reg,
 				  u32 value)
 {
-	__raw_writel(value, am->mdio_base + reg);
+	void __iomem *r;
+
+	r = am->mdio_base + reg;
+	__raw_writel(value, r);
+
+	/* flush write */
+	(void) __raw_readl(r);
 }
 
 static inline u32 ag71xx_mdio_rr(struct ag71xx_mdio *am, unsigned reg)