diff --git a/target/linux/atheros/patches-2.6.37/240-ar231x_netpoll.patch b/target/linux/atheros/patches-2.6.37/240-ar231x_netpoll.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c2f3d26a927b9fd06b9a0deae67104c32f90f98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/atheros/patches-2.6.37/240-ar231x_netpoll.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- a/drivers/net/ar231x.c
++++ b/drivers/net/ar231x.c
+@@ -155,6 +155,18 @@
+ #define ERR(fmt, args...) printk("%s: " fmt, __func__, ##args)
+ #endif
+ 
++#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
++static void
++ar231x_netpoll(struct net_device *dev)
++{
++      unsigned long flags;
++
++      local_irq_save(flags);
++      ar231x_interrupt(dev->irq, dev);
++      local_irq_restore(flags);
++}
++#endif
++
+ static const struct net_device_ops ar231x_ops = {
+ 	.ndo_open 		= ar231x_open,
+ 	.ndo_stop 		= ar231x_close,
+@@ -165,6 +177,9 @@
+ 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
+ 	.ndo_set_mac_address 	= eth_mac_addr,
+ 	.ndo_tx_timeout		= ar231x_tx_timeout,
++#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
++	.ndo_poll_controller	= ar231x_netpoll,
++#endif
+ };
+ 
+ int __init ar231x_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)