diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index ba2879f45552e411c244eb3aad19513542acbf06..e9c74e82c453368c639e8ae95177e71112c9fb6f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ (define (lookup file)
      #f)))
 
 (define-public linux-libre
-  (let* ((version "4.1.5")
+  (let* ((version "4.1.6")
          (build-phase
           '(lambda* (#:key system inputs #:allow-other-keys #:rest args)
              ;; Apply the neat patch.
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ (define-public linux-libre
              (uri (linux-libre-urls version))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1pr39pxx6gbzs2yfyq9wvy8s8vawyhrvvmb8cw0xdyv0343smjk5"))))
+               "07gmpy32v90bx78bm1khc1hw7x0akdh2sxpkxkavwj4fjc6f732v"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
                      ("bc" ,bc)