diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-4.9/012-usb-Make-sure-usb-phy-of-gets-built-in.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-4.9/012-usb-Make-sure-usb-phy-of-gets-built-in.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bc498be7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-4.9/012-usb-Make-sure-usb-phy-of-gets-built-in.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+From 3d6159640da9c9175d1ca42f151fc1a14caded59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@synopsys.com>
+Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:33:34 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] usb: Make sure usb/phy/of gets built-in
+
+DWC3 driver uses of_usb_get_phy_mode() which is
+implemented in drivers/usb/phy/of.c and in bare minimal
+configuration it might not be pulled in kernel binary.
+
+In case of ARC or ARM this could be easily reproduced with
+"allnodefconfig" +CONFIG_USB=m +CONFIG_USB_DWC3=m.
+
+On building all ends-up with:
+---------------------->8------------------
+  Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
+  Kernel: arch/arm/boot/zImage is ready
+  Building modules, stage 2.
+  MODPOST 5 modules
+ERROR: "of_usb_get_phy_mode" [drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3.ko] undefined!
+make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
+make: *** [modules] Error 2
+---------------------->8------------------
+
+Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@synopsys.com>
+Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
+Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
+Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
+Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
+Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>
+Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+Cc: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
+Cc: linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org
+Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+---
+ drivers/Makefile | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
+index 2eced9afba53..8f8bdc9e3d29 100644
+--- a/drivers/Makefile
++++ b/drivers/Makefile
+@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_USB_PHY)		+= usb/
+ obj-$(CONFIG_USB)		+= usb/
+ obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= usb/
+ obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET)	+= usb/
++obj-$(CONFIG_OF)		+= usb/
+ obj-$(CONFIG_SERIO)		+= input/serio/
+ obj-$(CONFIG_GAMEPORT)		+= input/gameport/
+ obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT)		+= input/
+-- 
+2.11.0
+