diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh
index 0a2091061..9d177aa1b 100755
--- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ function install_kernel()
         PREFIX="v2.6/longterm/v2.6.32"
     fi
 
-    wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/${PREFIX}/linux-${1}.tar.gz
-    tar xzvf linux-${1}.tar.gz > /dev/null
+    wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/${PREFIX}/linux-${1}.tar.xz
+    tar xvf linux-${1}.tar.xz > /dev/null
     cd linux-${1}
     make allmodconfig