--- /dev/null
+--- a/arch/mips/ath79/common.c
++++ b/arch/mips/ath79/common.c
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
+ #include "common.h"
+
+ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ath79_device_reset_lock);
++static DEFINE_MUTEX(ath79_flash_mutex);
+
+ u32 ath79_cpu_freq;
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ath79_cpu_freq);
+@@ -111,3 +112,16 @@ void ath79_device_reset_clear(u32 mask)
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ath79_device_reset_lock, flags);
+ }
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ath79_device_reset_clear);
++
++void ath79_flash_acquire(void)
++{
++ mutex_lock(&ath79_flash_mutex);
++}
++EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ath79_flash_acquire);
++
++void ath79_flash_release(void)
++{
++ mutex_unlock(&ath79_flash_mutex);
++}
++EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ath79_flash_release);
++
+--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ath79/ath79.h
++++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ath79/ath79.h
+@@ -143,4 +143,7 @@ static inline u32 ath79_reset_rr(unsigne
+ void ath79_device_reset_set(u32 mask);
+ void ath79_device_reset_clear(u32 mask);
+
++void ath79_flash_acquire(void);
++void ath79_flash_release(void);
++
+ #endif /* __ASM_MACH_ATH79_H */