diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/720-mac80211-print-restart-warning.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/720-mac80211-print-restart-warning.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a28598533f26c89698f81262f55bffbf2212692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/720-mac80211-print-restart-warning.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Index: compat-wireless-2011-02-25/net/mac80211/main.c
+===================================================================
+--- compat-wireless-2011-02-25.orig/net/mac80211/main.c	2011-03-07 12:58:14.996968980 +0100
++++ compat-wireless-2011-02-25/net/mac80211/main.c	2011-03-07 13:03:26.732273903 +0100
+@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ void ieee80211_restart_hw(struct ieee802
+ 
+ 	trace_api_restart_hw(local);
+ 
++	wiphy_info(hw->wiphy,
++		   "Hardware restart was requested\n");
++
+ 	/* use this reason, ieee80211_reconfig will unblock it */
+ 	ieee80211_stop_queues_by_reason(hw,
+ 		IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SUSPEND);