diff --git a/core/linux-armv5/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-armv5/PKGBUILD
index 69c99ac9c..b73be85aa 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv5/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-armv5/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgbase=linux-armv5
 _srcname=linux-3.12
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 _desc="ARMv5 based platforms"
-pkgver=3.12.3
+pkgver=3.12.5
 pkgrel=1
 arch=('armv7h')
 url="http://www.kernel.org/"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
         'config'
         'imx23-olinuxino.patch')
 md5sums=('cc6ee608854e0da4b64f6c1ff8b6398c'
-         'b7a603bf67e69936cf049fc6b37d9085'
+         '70e456d21f7e7c0dc2f9bd170f1ae4ee'
          '8218a12034d632133052aff3594121a2'
          '4424a769ce79478e8d71e288b61f368f')
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_srcname}"
 
   # add upstream patch
-  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/patch-${pkgver}"
+  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/patch-${pkgver}"
 
-  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/imx23-olinuxino.patch"
+  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/imx23-olinuxino.patch"
 
   cat "${srcdir}/config" > ./.config