diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index 8c21bad067..2b5d096e14 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ endif
 
 LINUX_PATCHES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH))
 
+# We have no way to know the hashes for user-supplied patches.
+BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $(notdir $(LINUX_PATCHES))
+
 # We rely on the generic package infrastructure to download and apply
 # remote patches (downloaded from ftp, http or https). For local
 # patches, we can't rely on that infrastructure, because there might