diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
index 6b2e8f08ecba..bc15817a8f6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-4.4.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { buildPackages, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 buildLinux (args // rec {
-  version = "4.4.253";
+  version = "4.4.254";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0nlqnfhrkaj2s582kc0wxqi0881hgp6l9z85qx4ckflc8jwrh7k6";
+    sha256 = "11wca1mprlcyk7r5h1c8rx3hr7l6mj4i85jaaf106s7wqcm8wamd";
   };
 } // (args.argsOverride or {}))