diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index 4dec9291d7..74ca8426a3 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/version.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/feeds.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=base-files
-PKG_RELEASE:=202
+PKG_RELEASE:=203
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared
 
 PKG_FILE_DEPENDS:=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/ $(GENERIC_PLATFORM_DIR)/base-files/
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/diag.sh b/package/base-files/files/etc/diag.sh
index 8eb36c6feb..37a8ec758e 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/diag.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/diag.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ set_led_state() {
 		;;
 	done)
 		status_led_off
+		[ "$status_led" != "$running" ] && \
+			status_led_restore_trigger "boot"
 		[ -n "$running" ] && {
 			status_led="$running"
 			status_led_on
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/leds.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/leds.sh
index 5b51e70b0a..14baeb37b4 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/leds.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/leds.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Copyright (C) 2013 OpenWrt.org
 
-get_dt_led() {
-	local label
+get_dt_led_path() {
 	local ledpath
 	local basepath="/proc/device-tree"
 	local nodepath="$basepath/aliases/led-$1"
 
 	[ -f "$nodepath" ] && ledpath=$(cat "$nodepath")
+	[ -n "$ledpath" ] && ledpath="$basepath$ledpath"
+
+	echo "$ledpath"
+}
+
+get_dt_led() {
+	local label
+	local ledpath=$(get_dt_led_path $1)
+
 	[ -n "$ledpath" ] && \
-		label=$(cat "$basepath$ledpath/label" 2>/dev/null) || \
-		label=$(cat "$basepath$ledpath/chan-name" 2>/dev/null) || \
-		label=$(basename "$basepath$ledpath")
+		label=$(cat "$ledpath/label" 2>/dev/null) || \
+		label=$(cat "$ledpath/chan-name" 2>/dev/null) || \
+		label=$(basename "$ledpath")
 
 	echo "$label"
 }
@@ -36,6 +44,17 @@ led_off() {
 	led_set_attr $1 "brightness" 0
 }
 
+status_led_restore_trigger() {
+	local trigger
+	local ledpath=$(get_dt_led_path $1)
+
+	[ -n "$ledpath" ] && \
+		trigger=$(cat "$ledpath/linux,default-trigger" 2>/dev/null)
+
+	[ -n "$trigger" ] && \
+		led_set_attr "$(get_dt_led $1)" "trigger" "$trigger"
+}
+
 status_led_set_timer() {
 	led_timer $status_led "$1" "$2"
 	[ -n "$status_led2" ] && led_timer $status_led2 "$1" "$2"