diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 11f509912..0124f7f6b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.16+2.6.17-rc5-0experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Martin Michlmayr ]
   * [mips] Update patches for 2.6.17.
 
+  [ Thiemo Seufer ]
+  * [mips] Fix SWARM FPU detection.
+
   [ Kyle McMartin ]
   * [hppa] Disable CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP to fix pa8800 boot.
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/mips-sb1-pass1fpu.patch b/debian/patches/mips-sb1-pass1fpu.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8e871311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/mips-sb1-pass1fpu.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- linux-orig/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c	2006-05-15 02:07:55.000000000 +0100
++++ linux-work-stable/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c	2006-05-28 23:59:12.000000000 +0100
+@@ -652,7 +648,7 @@ static inline void cpu_probe_sibyte(stru
+ 	case PRID_IMP_SB1:
+ 		c->cputype = CPU_SB1;
+ 		/* FPU in pass1 is known to have issues. */
+-		if ((c->processor_id & 0xff) < 0x20)
++		if ((c->processor_id & 0xff) < 0x02)
+ 			c->options &= ~(MIPS_CPU_FPU | MIPS_CPU_32FPR);
+ 		break;
+ 	case PRID_IMP_SB1A:
diff --git a/debian/patches/series/0experimental.1 b/debian/patches/series/0experimental.1
index 3a683c4e1..85c6b913e 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series/0experimental.1
+++ b/debian/patches/series/0experimental.1
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@
 + mips-sb1-duart-tts.patch
 + s390-arch-kernel-time.patch
 #FIXME + powerpc-mkvmlinuz-support-2.patch
++ mips-sb1-pass1fpu.patch