diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
index c1be01811..4457dc9c6 100644
--- a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ buildarch=2
 pkgbase=linux-kirkwood
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 _desc="Marvell Kirkwood"
-pkgver=4.4.16
+pkgver=4.4.17
 srcver=${pkgver%.0}
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=1
 cryptodev_commit=bc67142c57eadc0aafd0323ec527849012786643
 bfqver=v7r11
 
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ source=("https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${srcver}.tar.xz"
         "ftp://teambelgium.net/bfq/patches/${bfqkern}.0-${bfqver}/0002-block-introduce-the-BFQ-${bfqver}-I-O-sched-for-${bfqkern}.0.patch"
         "ftp://teambelgium.net/bfq/patches/${bfqkern}.0-${bfqver}/0003-block-bfq-add-Early-Queue-Merge-EQM-to-BFQ-${bfqver}-for.patch"
         'linux.preset')
-
-md5sums=('4edd7cca8a61a48034a9087fd35610f4'
+md5sums=('687c2d9063dfdc6b27a21d33f2f419ba'
          'b91129f87c799e7184c00257eeddd2f2'
          'b5fce698f52da9ac170a6639f3135bca'
-         'e650862b74709a85faa2730240af503c'
+         '87a8247653913f47b0d5d1ed6ebb6b2a'
          '09d44b9f07abfaeaf4f688ee52034786'
          'SKIP'
          '2c8ecae91223868decdf37b8a76489b7'
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ md5sums=('4edd7cca8a61a48034a9087fd35610f4'
          '953133d5e387de2ad79ac0ae5c27cb6b'
          'f0387e673975e9f2a5e05136948edece'
          '6d8c200779cbdef582e9e435ed86ca31')
+
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/linux-${srcver}"