diff --git a/.update/patches b/.update/patches
index 350034c2b7..d33f4e80ac 100755
--- a/.update/patches
+++ b/.update/patches
@@ -1988,9 +1988,8 @@ _EOF_
 	# NanoPi R6S/R6C
 	elif (( $G_HW_MODEL == 79 )) && ! dpkg-query -s 'firmware-nanopi6' &> /dev/null
 	then
-		local model='R6S'
-		[[ $(</proc/device-tree/model) == *'R6C'* ]] 2> /dev/null && model='R6C'
-		if [[ $model == 'R6S' ]]
+		read -r model < /proc/device-tree/model
+		if [[ $model == *'R6S'* ]]
 		then
 			G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 2 'Updating udev rule for NanoPi R6S Ethernet LEDs'
 			G_EXEC eval 'echo '\''ledtrig-netdev'\'' > /etc/modules-load.d/dietpi-eth-leds.conf'
@@ -1999,7 +1998,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM=="leds", KERNEL=="lan2_led", ACTION=="add", ATTR{trigger}="netdev", AT
 SUBSYSTEM=="leds", KERNEL=="wan_led", ACTION=="add", ATTR{trigger}="netdev", ATTR{device_name}="eth1", ATTR{link}="1", ATTR{rx}="1", ATTR{tx}="1"
 SUBSYSTEM=="leds", KERNEL=="lan1_led", ACTION=="add", ATTR{trigger}="netdev", ATTR{device_name}="eth2", ATTR{link}="1", ATTR{rx}="1", ATTR{tx}="1"
 _EOF_
-		elif [[ $model == 'R6C' ]]
+		elif [[ $model == *'R6C'* ]]
 		then
 			G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 2 'Updating udev rule for NanoPi R6C Ethernet LEDs'
 			G_EXEC eval 'echo '\''ledtrig-netdev'\'' > /etc/modules-load.d/dietpi-eth-leds.conf'