diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template b/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template
index edf38703dba..4b29e1a848b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 _kmajor=3.8
 _kminor=0
-_kpatch=rc1
+_kpatch=rc2
 
 pkgname=kernel-snapshot
 version=${_kmajor}.${_kminor}${_kpatch}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ homepage="http://www.kernel.org"
 license="GPL-2"
 short_desc="The Linux kernel and modules (testing snapshot)"
 distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux//kernel/v3.0/testing/linux-${_kmajor}-${_kpatch}.tar.xz"
-checksum=a9d578aa0d22bee26d468fdb1806f8ec53033a39d790d7e5525fd6b39a712524
+checksum=fedf37463263b5278aaedbb889da73d42f07b286ce8bd99740066ccbdac3ce7f
 
 _kernver="${_kmajor}.${_kminor}-${_kpatch}_${revision}"
 kernel_hooks_version="${_kernver}"