diff --git a/utils/flashrom/Makefile b/utils/flashrom/Makefile
index fd1cf8b86..6d8b5a7d1 100644
--- a/utils/flashrom/Makefile
+++ b/utils/flashrom/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # 
-# Copyright (C) 2010 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2011 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=flashrom
 PKG_VERSION:=0.9.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://qa.coreboot.org/releases/
diff --git a/utils/flashrom/patches/001-msr_dev_path.patch b/utils/flashrom/patches/001-msr_dev_path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55435d95c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/flashrom/patches/001-msr_dev_path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- flashrom-0.9.3/physmap.c.orig	2010-10-05 20:56:44.000000000 -0600
++++ flashrom-0.9.3/physmap.c	2011-03-29 20:26:22.000000000 -0600
+@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ int setup_cpu_msr(int cpu)
+ {
+ 	char msrfilename[64];
+ 	memset(msrfilename, 0, sizeof(msrfilename));
+-	snprintf(msrfilename, sizeof(msrfilename), "/dev/cpu/%d/msr", cpu);
++	snprintf(msrfilename, sizeof(msrfilename), "/dev/msr%d", cpu);
+ 
+ 	if (fd_msr != -1) {
+ 		msg_pinfo("MSR was already initialized\n");
+@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ int setup_cpu_msr(int cpu)
+ 	fd_msr = open(msrfilename, O_RDWR);
+ 
+ 	if (fd_msr < 0) {
+-		perror("Error while opening /dev/cpu/0/msr");
++		fprintf(stderr, "Error while opening %s: %s\n", msrfilename,
++			strerror(errno));
+ 		msg_pinfo("Did you run 'modprobe msr'?\n");
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}