diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/platform.c b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/platform.c
index e4e953898..ef70867a2 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/platform.c
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/platform.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/serial_8250.h>
+#include <linux/ath9k_platform.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach-ar71xx/ar71xx.h>
 #include <asm/mach-ar71xx/platform.h>
@@ -605,14 +606,30 @@ static struct resource ar91xx_wmac_resources[] = {
 	},
 };
 
+static struct ath9k_platform_data ar91xx_wmac_data;
+
 static struct platform_device ar91xx_wmac_device = {
 	.name		= "ath9k",
 	.id		= -1,
 	.resource	= ar91xx_wmac_resources,
 	.num_resources	= ARRAY_SIZE(ar91xx_wmac_resources),
+	.dev = {
+		.platform_data = &ar91xx_wmac_data,
+	},
 };
 
 void __init ar91xx_add_device_wmac(void)
 {
+	u8 *ee = (u8 *) KSEG1ADDR(0x1fff1000);
+
+	memcpy(ar91xx_wmac_data.eeprom_data, ee,
+	       sizeof(ar91xx_wmac_data.eeprom_data));
+
+	ar71xx_device_stop(RESET_MODULE_AMBA2WMAC);
+	mdelay(10);
+
+	ar71xx_device_start(RESET_MODULE_AMBA2WMAC);
+	mdelay(10);
+
 	platform_device_register(&ar91xx_wmac_device);
 }
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/include/linux/ath9k_platform.h b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/include/linux/ath9k_platform.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d76956079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/include/linux/ath9k_platform.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * ath9k platform data defines
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_ATH9K_PLATFORM_H
+#define _LINUX_ATH9L_PLATFORM_H
+
+#define ATH9K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS	2048
+
+struct ath9k_platform_data {
+	u16 eeprom_data[ATH9K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS];
+};
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_ATH9K_PLATFORM_H */