diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template b/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template
index 4b29e1a848b..f4fb8c784a5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel-snapshot/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 _kmajor=3.8
 _kminor=0
-_kpatch=rc2
+_kpatch=rc3
 
 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=fedf37463263b5278aaedbb889da73d42f07b286ce8bd99740066ccbdac3ce7f
+checksum=e0ce72816233c646815395b6a0d248b226894c5850d6d0d0668c3e54c79b6b55
 
 _kernver="${_kmajor}.${_kminor}-${_kpatch}_${revision}"
 kernel_hooks_version="${_kernver}"