diff --git a/target/linux/ipq806x/patches-4.4/996-ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_CMDLINE_MANGLE.patch b/target/linux/ipq806x/patches-4.4/996-ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_CMDLINE_MANGLE.patch
index 8d5cbf9102..be15ec4772 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq806x/patches-4.4/996-ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_CMDLINE_MANGLE.patch
+++ b/target/linux/ipq806x/patches-4.4/996-ATAG_DTB_COMPAT_CMDLINE_MANGLE.patch
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ Signed-off-by: Adrian Panella <ianchi74@outlook.com>
 +	ptr = str - 1;
 +
 +	do {
-+		ptr++;
 +		//first find an 'r' at the begining or after a space
 +		do {
++			ptr++;
 +			ptr = strchr(ptr, 'r');
 +			if(!ptr) return dest;
 +