diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index 9da7e9bec1..d06f74f9f7 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ 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_GIT),y)
 LINUX_SITE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_URL))
 LINUX_SITE_METHOD = git
@@ -34,9 +33,6 @@ else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_CIP_VERSION),y)
 LINUX_SITE = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bwh/linux-cip.git
 else
 LINUX_SOURCE = linux-$(LINUX_VERSION).tar.xz
-ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION),y)
-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.
@@ -53,6 +49,10 @@ LINUX_SITE := $(LINUX_SITE)/testing
 endif # -rc
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL)$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LATEST_VERSION),y)
+BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $(LINUX_SOURCE)
+endif
+
 LINUX_PATCHES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH))
 
 # We rely on the generic package infrastructure to download and apply