diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
index 0383d253a32..752a61ccb3f 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/common.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ run_ramfs() { # <command> [...]
 		/bin/vi /bin/ls /bin/cat /usr/bin/awk /usr/bin/hexdump		\
 		/bin/sleep /bin/zcat /usr/bin/bzcat /usr/bin/printf /usr/bin/wc \
 		/bin/cut /usr/bin/printf /bin/sync /bin/mkdir /bin/rmdir	\
-		/bin/rm /usr/bin/basename /bin/kill /bin/chmod
+		/bin/rm /usr/bin/basename /bin/kill /bin/chmod /usr/bin/find
 
 	install_bin /bin/uclient-fetch /bin/wget
 	install_bin /sbin/mtd
diff --git a/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/preinit/79_move_config b/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/preinit/79_move_config
index 1d4873d78b4..5ac81cb90d1 100644
--- a/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/preinit/79_move_config
+++ b/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/preinit/79_move_config
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012-2015 OpenWrt.org
 
 move_config() {
+	local partdev
+
 	. /lib/upgrade/platform.sh
 
-	if platform_export_bootpart; then
-		mount -t ext4 -o rw,noatime "$BOOTPART" /mnt
+	if platform_export_bootdevice && platform_export_partdevice partdev 1; then
+		mount -t ext4 -o rw,noatime "/dev/$partdev" /mnt
 		mv -f /mnt/sysupgrade.tgz /
 		umount /mnt
 	fi
diff --git a/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh b/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
index 29eac77dfb0..c8bc3f7f608 100644
--- a/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
+++ b/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
-platform_export_bootpart() {
-	local cmdline uuid disk
+platform_export_partdevice() {
+	local var="$1" offset="$2"
+	local uevent MAJOR MINOR DEVNAME DEVTYPE
+
+	for uevent in /sys/class/block/*/uevent; do
+		. "$uevent"
+		if [ $BOOTDEV_MAJOR = $MAJOR -a $(($BOOTDEV_MINOR + $offset)) = $MINOR -a -b "/dev/$DEVNAME" ]; then
+			export "$var=$DEVNAME"
+			return 0
+		fi
+	done
+
+	return 1
+}
+
+platform_export_bootdevice() {
+	local cmdline uuid disk uevent
+	local MAJOR MINOR DEVNAME DEVTYPE
 
 	if read cmdline < /proc/cmdline; then
 		case "$cmdline" in
@@ -17,20 +33,27 @@ platform_export_bootpart() {
 			PARTUUID=[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-02)
 				uuid="${disk#PARTUUID=}"
 				uuid="${uuid%-02}"
-				for disk in /dev/*; do
-					[ -b "$disk" ] || continue
+				for disk in $(find /dev -type b); do
 					set -- $(dd if=$disk bs=1 skip=440 count=4 2>/dev/null | hexdump -v -e '4/1 "%02x "')
 					if [ "$4$3$2$1" = "$uuid" ]; then
-						export BOOTPART="${disk}1"
-						return 0
+						uevent="/sys/class/block/${disk##*/}/uevent"
+						break
 					fi
 				done
 			;;
 			/dev/*)
-				export BOOTPART="${disk%[0-9]}1"
-				return 0
+				uevent="/sys/class/block/${disk##*/}/uevent"
 			;;
 		esac
+
+		if [ -e "$uevent" ]; then
+			. "$uevent"
+
+			export BOOTDEV_MAJOR=$MAJOR
+			export BOOTDEV_MINOR=$MINOR
+
+			return 0
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	return 1
@@ -49,8 +72,10 @@ platform_check_image() {
 }
 
 platform_copy_config() {
-	if [ -b "$BOOTPART" ]; then
-		mount -t ext4 -o rw,noatime "$BOOTPART" /mnt
+	local partdev
+
+	if platform_export_partdevice partdev 1; then
+		mount -t ext4 -o rw,noatime "/dev/$partdev" /mnt
 		cp -af "$CONF_TAR" /mnt/
 		umount /mnt
 	fi
@@ -87,18 +112,16 @@ get_partitions() { # <device> <filename>
 }
 
 platform_do_upgrade() {
-	platform_export_bootpart
-	disk="${BOOTPART%[0-9]}"
+	local diskdev partdev ibs diff
 
-	if [ -b "$disk" ]; then
+	if platform_export_bootdevice && platform_export_partdevice diskdev 0; then
 		sync
 		if [ "$SAVE_PARTITIONS" = "1" ]; then
-			get_partitions "$disk" bootdisk
-
+			get_partitions "/dev/$diskdev" bootdisk
 
 			#get block size
-			if [ -f "/sys/block/${disk##*/}/queue/physical_block_size" ]; then
-				ibs="$(cat "/sys/block/${disk##*/}/queue/physical_block_size")"
+			if [ -f "/sys/block/$diskdev/queue/physical_block_size" ]; then
+				ibs="$(cat "/sys/block/$diskdev/queue/physical_block_size")"
 			else
 				ibs=512
 			fi
@@ -114,21 +137,25 @@ platform_do_upgrade() {
 				echo "Partition layout is changed.  Full image will be written."
 				ask_bool 0 "Abort" && exit
 
-				get_image "$@" | dd of="$disk" bs=4096 conv=fsync
+				get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$diskdev" bs=4096 conv=fsync
 				return 0
 			fi
 
 			#iterate over each partition from the image and write it to the boot disk
 			while read part start size; do
-			echo "Writing image to $disk$part..."
-				get_image "$@" | dd of="$disk$part" ibs="$ibs" obs=1M skip="$start" count="$size" conv=fsync
+				if platform_export_partdevice partdev $part; then
+					echo "Writing image to /dev/$partdev..."
+					get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$partdev" ibs="$ibs" obs=1M skip="$start" count="$size" conv=fsync
+				else
+					echo "Unable to find partition $part device, skipped."
+				fi
 			done < /tmp/partmap.image
 
 			#copy partition uuid
-			echo "Writing new UUID to $disk$part..."
-			get_image "$@" | dd of="$disk" bs=1 skip=440 count=4 seek=440 conv=fsync
+			echo "Writing new UUID to /dev/$diskdev..."
+			get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$diskdev" bs=1 skip=440 count=4 seek=440 conv=fsync
 		else
-			get_image "$@" | dd of="$disk" bs=4096 conv=fsync
+			get_image "$@" | dd of="/dev/$diskdev" bs=4096 conv=fsync
 		fi
 
 		sleep 1