diff --git a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
index ebcc4025b..d0c86f12d 100644
--- a/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/linux-kirkwood/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildarch=2
 pkgbase=linux-kirkwood
 _kernelname=${pkgbase#linux}
 _desc="Marvell Kirkwood"
-pkgver=4.4.63
+pkgver=4.4.70
 srcver=${pkgver%.0}
 pkgrel=1
 bfqver=v7r11
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ 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=('9a2e2560bb53ae1b48762c61a7bdfc12'
+md5sums=('73cd827dbe849f6648dafb7978f1e6c9'
          'b91129f87c799e7184c00257eeddd2f2'
          '3893da4aea24055b6826a1e451fd8bd7'
-         '682888cc07295d3f7cb6622c20d8b642'
+         '2e6037d2af70edc9120e4d7652e4b292'
          '09d44b9f07abfaeaf4f688ee52034786'
          'SKIP'
          'c1d7fcfe88edb658375089c0a9cc1811'