diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/patches-5.10/401-mtd-nor-support-mtd-name-from-device-tree.patch b/target/linux/ath79/patches-5.10/401-mtd-nor-support-mtd-name-from-device-tree.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b85ecef3837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/patches-5.10/401-mtd-nor-support-mtd-name-from-device-tree.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+From f32bc2aa01edcba2f2ed5db151cf183eac9ef919 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Abhimanyu Vishwakarma <Abhimanyu.Vishwakarma@imgtec.com>
+Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 16:42:50 +0000
+Subject: mtd: nor: support mtd name from device tree
+
+Signed-off-by: Abhimanyu Vishwakarma <Abhimanyu.Vishwakarma@imgtec.com>
+---
+ drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c | 8 +++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
++++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
+@@ -3189,6 +3189,7 @@ int spi_nor_scan(struct spi_nor *nor, co
+ 	struct device *dev = nor->dev;
+ 	struct mtd_info *mtd = &nor->mtd;
+ 	struct device_node *np = spi_nor_get_flash_node(nor);
++	const char __maybe_unused *of_mtd_name = NULL;
+ 	int ret;
+ 	int i;
+ 
+@@ -3243,7 +3244,12 @@ int spi_nor_scan(struct spi_nor *nor, co
+ 	if (ret)
+ 		return ret;
+ 
+-	if (!mtd->name)
++#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS
++	of_property_read_string(np, "linux,mtd-name", &of_mtd_name);
++#endif
++	if (of_mtd_name)
++		mtd->name = of_mtd_name;
++	else if (!mtd->name)
+ 		mtd->name = dev_name(dev);
+ 	mtd->priv = nor;
+ 	mtd->type = MTD_NORFLASH;
+--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
++++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+@@ -778,6 +778,17 @@ out_error:
+  */
+ static void mtd_set_dev_defaults(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+ {
++#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS
++	const char __maybe_unused *of_mtd_name = NULL;
++	struct device_node *np;
++
++	np = mtd_get_of_node(mtd);
++	if (np && !mtd->name) {
++		of_property_read_string(np, "linux,mtd-name", &of_mtd_name);
++		if (of_mtd_name)
++			mtd->name = of_mtd_name;
++	} else
++#endif
+ 	if (mtd->dev.parent) {
+ 		if (!mtd->owner && mtd->dev.parent->driver)
+ 			mtd->owner = mtd->dev.parent->driver->owner;