diff --git a/patches/ipq40xx/0012-Revert-ipq40xx-ar40xx-reset-port-status-register.patch b/patches/ipq40xx/0012-Revert-ipq40xx-ar40xx-reset-port-status-register.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c501879f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/ipq40xx/0012-Revert-ipq40xx-ar40xx-reset-port-status-register.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From d8d342c6d0c4076b509faf1ae1a87df24814abe0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
+Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:44:56 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "ipq40xx: ar40xx: reset port status register"
+
+This reverts commit 88151b8303f29f18e8b037076628fd82eda0978a.
+
+This actually causes several boards to have bad eth connectivity
+after reboot.
+
+Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
+---
+ target/linux/ipq40xx/files/drivers/net/phy/ar40xx.c | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/files/drivers/net/phy/ar40xx.c b/target/linux/ipq40xx/files/drivers/net/phy/ar40xx.c
+index 8b3ae53bd9..9758f013f0 100644
+--- a/target/linux/ipq40xx/files/drivers/net/phy/ar40xx.c
++++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/files/drivers/net/phy/ar40xx.c
+@@ -1198,7 +1198,8 @@ ar40xx_init_port(struct ar40xx_priv *priv, int port)
+ {
+ 	u32 t;
+ 
+-	ar40xx_write(priv, AR40XX_REG_PORT_STATUS(port), 0);
++	ar40xx_rmw(priv, AR40XX_REG_PORT_STATUS(port),
++			AR40XX_PORT_AUTO_LINK_EN, 0);
+ 
+ 	/* CPU port is setting headers to limit output ports */
+ 	if (port == 0)
+-- 
+2.25.1
+