diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars b/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
index 29a29744a4d..c125815459e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/common-vars
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # build templates.
 _kernel_ver=2.6.38
 #version=${_kernel_ver}
-_kernel_patch_ver=4
+_kernel_patch_ver=5
 version=${_kernel_ver}.${_kernel_patch_ver}
 wrksrc="linux-$version"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/kernel/v2.6/linux-$version.tar.bz2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=dad61f6c980209d60d5b891324e9db04b9c80d16b4515d9e7a550388899bc46c
+checksum=1eae9aaf22106213e14eb2a9b5962a00156ac0e7eae71fecfae26161a8725034
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/series b/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/series
deleted file mode 100644
index 54ef3cb6983..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-unionfs-2.5.8_for_2.6.38-rc7.diff.gz
-unionfs-2.5.8-setattr-fixes.patch
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.8-setattr-fixes.patch b/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.8-setattr-fixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index af7ff5eb5a2..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.8-setattr-fixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-Adapted for 2.6.38 from http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/pipermail/unionfs/2011-March/006088.html
-
---- fs/unionfs/inode.c.orig	2011-03-29 09:19:23.477166008 +0200
-+++ fs/unionfs/inode.c	2011-03-29 09:22:02.267303281 +0200
-@@ -936,7 +936,8 @@ static int unionfs_setattr(struct dentry
- 		err = -EINVAL;
- 		goto out;
- 	}
--	lower_inode = unionfs_lower_inode(inode);
-+	lower_inode = lower_dentry->d_inode;
-+	BUG_ON(!lower_inode);
- 
- 	/* check if user has permission to change lower inode */
- 	err = inode_change_ok(lower_inode, ia);
-@@ -970,7 +971,9 @@ static int unionfs_setattr(struct dentry
- 			goto out;
- 		/* get updated lower_dentry/inode after copyup */
- 		lower_dentry = unionfs_lower_dentry(dentry);
--		lower_inode = unionfs_lower_inode(inode);
-+		BUG_ON(!lower_inode);
-+		lower_inode = lower_dentry->d_inode;
-+		BUG_ON(!lower_inode);
- 	}
- 
- 	/*
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.8_for_2.6.38-rc7.diff.gz b/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.8_for_2.6.38-rc7.diff.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c0df79c072..00000000000
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.9_for_2.6.38.4.diff.gz b/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.9_for_2.6.38.4.diff.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..796caa63105
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.8_for_2.6.38-rc7.diff.gz.args b/srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.9_for_2.6.38.4.diff.gz.args
similarity index 100%
rename from srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.8_for_2.6.38-rc7.diff.gz.args
rename to srcpkgs/kernel/patches/unionfs-2.5.9_for_2.6.38.4.diff.gz.args