diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.8.bb b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi_4.8.bb
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+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}-${PV}:"
+
+LINUX_VERSION ?= "4.8.1"
+
+SRCREV = "5b7970b19bbb2ea1620591bfb6517848696ed0b9"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git;protocol=git;branch=rpi-4.8.y \
+"
+require linux-raspberrypi.inc