diff --git a/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk b/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk
index 566043935f..f1e3790608 100644
--- a/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk
+++ b/package/linux-headers/linux-headers.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL),y)
 LINUX_HEADERS_TARBALL = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION))
 LINUX_HEADERS_SITE = $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(LINUX_HEADERS_TARBALL)))
 LINUX_HEADERS_SOURCE = $(notdir $(LINUX_HEADERS_TARBALL))
-BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $(LINUX_HEADERS_SOURCE)
 else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT),y)
 LINUX_HEADERS_SITE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_URL))
 LINUX_HEADERS_SITE_METHOD = git
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ LINUX_HEADERS_SITE_METHOD = hg
 LINUX_HEADERS_SOURCE = linux-$(LINUX_HEADERS_VERSION).tar.gz
 else
 LINUX_HEADERS_SOURCE = linux-$(LINUX_HEADERS_VERSION).tar.xz
-ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION),y)
-BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $(LINUX_HEADERS_SOURCE)
-endif
 # In X.Y.Z, get X and Y. We replace dots and dashes by spaces in order
 # to use the $(word) function. We support versions such as 4.0, 3.1,
 # 2.6.32, 2.6.32-rc1, 3.0-rc6, etc.
@@ -80,6 +76,10 @@ LINUX_HEADERS_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/kernel/v4.x
 endif
 LINUX_HEADERS_SOURCE = linux-$(LINUX_HEADERS_VERSION).tar.xz
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION),y)
+BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $(LINUX_HEADERS_SOURCE)
+endif
+
 endif # ! BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_AS_KERNEL
 
 LINUX_HEADERS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0