--- a/drivers/vlynq/vlynq.c
+++ b/drivers/vlynq/vlynq.c
@@ -514,9 +514,14 @@ static int __vlynq_enable_device(struct
 				!__vlynq_try_external(dev))
 				return 0;
 		} else {
-			if (!__vlynq_try_external(dev) ||
-				!__vlynq_try_local(dev)    ||
-				!__vlynq_try_remote(dev))
+            /* XXX: I don't really know what difference it makes, if the order
+             * of the following calls is changed, but at least in this order
+             * my fritzbox doesn't hang at startup as in
+             * https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/7324
+             */
+			if (!__vlynq_try_remote(dev) ||
+				!__vlynq_try_local(dev)  ||
+				!__vlynq_try_external(dev))
 				return 0;
 		}
 		break;
