diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux3.9/template b/srcpkgs/linux3.9/template
index 9b965da4bd2..2ccd6071a43 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linux3.9/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux3.9/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'linux3.9'
 #
 pkgname=linux3.9
-version=3.9.3
-revision=3
+version=3.9.4
+revision=1
 wrksrc="linux-${version}"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.kernel.org"
 license="GPL-2"
 short_desc="The Linux kernel and modules (3.9 series)"
 distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux//kernel/v3.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=89eb61870cadbe4b873a6c1640efaefea74514de84287bf0bcd3879707178841
+checksum=91b029a3407fc027b6e957b8c1893c9179f47e0f42e99bc46087c6308e403688
 
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
 makedepends="bc perl kmod>=11_2 openssl which elfutils"
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ do_install() {
 		rm -rf ${hdrdest}/arch/${arch}
 	done
 
-	# Compress all modules with xz to save a few MBs.
-	msg_normal "$pkgver: compressing kernel modules with xz, please wait...\n"
-	find ${DESTDIR} -name '*.ko' -exec xz -9 {} \;
+	# Compress all modules with gz to save a few MBs.
+	msg_normal "$pkgver: compressing kernel modules with gz, please wait...\n"
+	find ${DESTDIR} -name '*.ko' -exec gz -9 {} \;
 
 	# ... and run depmod again.
 	depmod -b ${DESTDIR}/usr -F System.map ${_kernver}