diff --git a/core/linux-armv5/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-armv5/PKGBUILD
index ed803e0a7..ccda8fc78 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv5/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-armv5/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgbase=linux-armv5
 _srcname=linux-4.18
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 _desc="ARMv5 multi-platform"
-pkgver=4.18.0
+pkgver=4.18.1
 pkgrel=1
 arch=('arm')
 url="http://www.kernel.org/"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ license=('GPL2')
 makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'kmod' 'inetutils' 'bc' 'git')
 options=('!strip')
 source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
-        #"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/patch-${pkgver}.xz"
+        "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/patch-${pkgver}.xz"
         '0001-net-smsc95xx-Allow-mac-address-to-be-set-as-a-parame.patch'
         '0002-at91-ariag25-updates.patch'
         '0003-at91-arietta-g25-support.patch'
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
         'linux.preset'
         '99-linux.hook')
 md5sums=('bee5fe53ee1c3142b8f0c12c0d3348f9'
+         'bc8d68c9508576e62008c186a4c13668'
          'a6a9bd6503c3cab5163590541ed1a125'
          '965da7ab05bc9f4d67eef06bb429a4d9'
          '5f785fedf692c7a68bf592564944bff3'
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_srcname}"
 
   # add upstream patch
-  #git apply --whitespace=nowarn "${srcdir}/patch-${pkgver}"
+  git apply --whitespace=nowarn "${srcdir}/patch-${pkgver}"
 
   # ALARM patches
   git apply ../0001-net-smsc95xx-Allow-mac-address-to-be-set-as-a-parame.patch