diff --git a/core/linux-armv7/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-armv7/PKGBUILD
index 6252cc655..c2372a1cc 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv7/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-armv7/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgbase=linux-armv7
 _srcname=linux-4.8
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 _desc="ARMv7 multi-platform"
-pkgver=4.8.11
+pkgver=4.8.12
 pkgrel=1
 rcnrel=armv7-x4
 arch=('armv7h')
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
         'kernel.keyblock'
         'kernel_data_key.vbprivk')
 md5sums=('c1af0afbd3df35c1ccdc7a5118cd2d07'
-         'd999d6d294818491221f6d9789a667e8'
-         '5d61bedd0bed6542d59e9f4f72d528d0'
+         '9a938fd7a82d8b390f957657947fe673'
+         'b847ca8f5158c933da23f9a264ec5a2a'
          '0153cba3c01756d17d03bef3cdc308ef'
          '74911f2cc4df510c11bcfe3c4a2b2121'
          '30257f5d8da3945cfbe9a9ee51ce32d1'
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ md5sums=('c1af0afbd3df35c1ccdc7a5118cd2d07'
          'f70e197338324a17f787b58884c647ff'
          '4293d874c9bd306dfbd9f37e4927a585'
          '75cbfa910f0f12248bb24356cfe631cb'
-         '1986db462ff0112a5f23be8e04660138'
+         'af1eaa3304bc4776796221b1b12b6b0a'
          '1813b39074d01af6548951764a0f6444'
          '4f2379ed84258050edb858ee8d281678'
          '61c5ff73c136ed07a7aadbf58db3d96a'
diff --git a/core/linux-armv7/config b/core/linux-armv7/config
index c3d34950f..f21ef2708 100644
--- a/core/linux-armv7/config
+++ b/core/linux-armv7/config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/arm 4.8.10-2 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/arm 4.8.12-1 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN=y
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ CONFIG_SRCU=y
 # CONFIG_TASKS_RCU is not set
 CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON=y
 # CONFIG_TREE_RCU_TRACE is not set
-# CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT is not set
 CONFIG_BUILD_BIN2C=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y