diff --git a/base/usbutils/usbutils.conf b/base/usbutils/usbutils.conf
index 60d8060ac..c7c323751 100644
--- a/base/usbutils/usbutils.conf
+++ b/base/usbutils/usbutils.conf
@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+if atstage cross; then
+	# if not it will try to use rpl_malloc
+	var_append configcache ' ' 'ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes'
+fi
+
 var_append confopt ' ' "--disable-zlib"
diff --git a/base/usbutils/usbutils.desc b/base/usbutils/usbutils.desc
index a4342515c..1a4a66aca 100644
--- a/base/usbutils/usbutils.desc
+++ b/base/usbutils/usbutils.desc
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
 [V] 0.73
-[P] X -----5---9 110.100
+[P] X -?---5---9 110.100
 
 [D] 3467067867 usbutils-0.73.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/linux-usb/