diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index 0c348dae90..c765954073 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL),y)
 LINUX_TARBALL = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION))
 LINUX_SITE = $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(LINUX_TARBALL)))
 LINUX_SOURCE = $(notdir $(LINUX_TARBALL))
+BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $(LINUX_SOURCE)
 else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_LOCAL),y)
 LINUX_SITE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_LOCAL_PATH))
 LINUX_SITE_METHOD = local
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ LINUX_SITE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_URL))
 LINUX_SITE_METHOD = hg
 else
 LINUX_SOURCE = linux-$(LINUX_VERSION).tar.xz
+ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION),y)
+BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $(LINUX_SOURCE)
+endif
+ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_SAME_AS_HEADERS)$(BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION),yy)
+BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $(LINUX_SOURCE)
+endif
 # In X.Y.Z, get X and Y. We replace dots and dashes by spaces in order
 # to use the $(word) function. We support versions such as 4.0, 3.1,
 # 2.6.32, 2.6.32-rc1, 3.0-rc6, etc.