diff --git a/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD
index 3224c2593..bbf300e89 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-armv5-rc/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 buildarch=2
 
 _rcver=4.1
-_rcrel=7
+_rcrel=8
 
 pkgbase=linux-armv5-rc
 _srcname=linux-4.$((${_rcver##*.}-1))
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 _desc="ARMv5 multi-platform"
 pkgver=${_rcver}.rc${_rcrel}
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=1
 arch=('arm')
 url="http://www.kernel.org/"
 license=('GPL2')
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
         '0006-at91-arietta-g25-support.patch'
         'config')
 md5sums=('a86916bd12798220da9eb4a1eec3616d'
-         'a831062aea035ee4bae52e59ccf0cf71'
+         '9bd2e3045ff03759558a5d94a27dfdc4'
          '1576643242d4c2a4ef3f69c62cba953c'
          'dc460708c043cac8c70e733fcd6e1a9b'
          'e29707ad7bf5b2d357ad6d96cd9d88ac'
          'decd45d4861dbf461196e6af4e34e423'
          '8c926477e229099a35ce4b67c13dcc6a'
          '069885e001c96ed6095dedd9bf840141'
-         'b187c9f4fcd65b4741a767a0a4a6bf3b')
+         '80cc6e66dd3ac0c33bf15b975a466085')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_srcname}"
diff --git a/core/linux-armv5-rc/config b/core/linux-armv5-rc/config
index c2e251ad1..498d1f041 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv5-rc/config
+++ b/core/linux-armv5-rc/config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm 4.1.0-rc7-1 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm 4.1.0-rc8-1 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN=y
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 #
 # RCU Subsystem
 #
-# CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU is not set
 CONFIG_TINY_RCU=y
 CONFIG_SRCU=y
 # CONFIG_TASKS_RCU is not set