diff --git a/scripts/armhwinfo b/scripts/armhwinfo
index 73d3856e90..cc9fe14280 100644
--- a/scripts/armhwinfo
+++ b/scripts/armhwinfo
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ prepare_board() {
 			echo 8 >/proc/irq/$(awk -F":" "/eth/ {print \$1}" </proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g' | head -n1)/smp_affinity
 			echo 7 >/sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus
 			;;
+		*)
+			case ${BOARD} in
+				espressobin) # try to redistribute eth0 irq to dedicated core
+					echo 2 >/proc/irq/$(awk -F":" '/eth0/ {print $1}' </proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g')/smp_affinity 2>/dev/null
+					;;
+			esac
+			;;
 	esac
 } # prepare_board