diff --git a/srcpkgs/kernel/template b/srcpkgs/kernel/template
index 1868160f646..b6f5f1f4142 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kernel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kernel/template
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ do_configure() {
 		msg_normal "Defaulting to 'defconfig and allmodconfig'.\n"
 		make ${makejobs} defconfig && make ${makejobs} allmodconfig
 	fi
-	if [ -n "${revision}" ]; then
-		sed -i -e "s|\(LOCALVERSION\)=\"\"|\1=\"_${revision}\"|" .config
-	fi
+	# Always use our revision to CONFIG_LOCALVERSION to match our pkg version.
+	sed -i -e "s|^\(CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=\).*|\1\"_${revision}\"|" .config
 }
 
 do_build() {