diff --git a/recipes-sysmobts/osmo-bts/files/0001-sysmobts-Fix-the-initialization-of-the-BTS-manager-c.patch b/recipes-sysmobts/osmo-bts/files/0001-sysmobts-Fix-the-initialization-of-the-BTS-manager-c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f93c2ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-sysmobts/osmo-bts/files/0001-sysmobts-Fix-the-initialization-of-the-BTS-manager-c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From a7f9b58e44fa7119e7113269765302a0b8a619d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Holger Hans Peter Freyther <holger@moiji-mobile.com>
+Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 12:42:31 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] sysmobts: Fix the initialization of the BTS manager code
+
+The code should only run for the sysmoBTS 2050 and TRX 0.
+If the device is not marked as 2050 the code would attempt
+to open /dev/ttyS0 and block forever.
+---
+ src/osmo-bts-sysmo/misc/sysmobts_mgr.c | 16 ++++++++--------
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+Index: git/src/osmo-bts-sysmo/misc/sysmobts_mgr.c
+===================================================================
+--- git.orig/src/osmo-bts-sysmo/misc/sysmobts_mgr.c
++++ git/src/osmo-bts-sysmo/misc/sysmobts_mgr.c
+@@ -188,16 +188,17 @@ static void initialize_sbts2050(void)
+ 		return;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	if (val == 2050) {
+-		if (sysmobts_par_get_int(SYSMOBTS_PAR_TRX_NR, &val) < 0) {
+-			LOGP(DFIND, LOGL_ERROR,
+-			     "Failed to get the TRX number\n");
+-			return;
+-		}
++	if (val != 2050)
++		return;
+ 
+-		if (val != 0)
+-			return;
++	if (sysmobts_par_get_int(SYSMOBTS_PAR_TRX_NR, &val) < 0) {
++		LOGP(DFIND, LOGL_ERROR, "Failed to get the TRX number\n");
++		return;
+ 	}
++
++	if (val != 0)
++		return;
++
+ 	trx_nr = val;
+ 
+ 	ucontrol0.fd = osmo_serial_init(ucontrol0.path, 115200);
diff --git a/recipes-sysmobts/osmo-bts/osmo-bts_git.bb b/recipes-sysmobts/osmo-bts/osmo-bts_git.bb
index 882a7ea..4354000 100644
--- a/recipes-sysmobts/osmo-bts/osmo-bts_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-sysmobts/osmo-bts/osmo-bts_git.bb
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ LICENSE = "AGPLv3"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM="file://COPYING;md5=73f1eb20517c55bf9493b7dd6e480788"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://git.osmocom.org/osmo-bts.git;protocol=git;branch=sysmocom/features/handover;name=osmobts;destsuffix=git \
-           git://git.osmocom.org/openbsc;protocol=git;branch=master;name=openbsc;destsuffix=openbsc"
+           git://git.osmocom.org/openbsc;protocol=git;branch=master;name=openbsc;destsuffix=openbsc \
+           file://0001-sysmobts-Fix-the-initialization-of-the-BTS-manager-c.patch"
 SRCREV_osmobts = "0a1699ff8a5462c167c24e8b28186abb26331698"
 SRCREV_openbsc = "1b148ec1009c32faea269331836e366cfff7d18e"
 PV = "0.4.1+git${SRCPV}"
-PR = "r7.${META_TELEPHONY_OSMO_INC}"
+PR = "r8.${META_TELEPHONY_OSMO_INC}"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 SRCREV_FORMAT = "openbsc-rosmobts"