diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index e43060c49..cf56f4f34 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 # For non-released -rc kernels, this will be appended after the rcX and
 # gitX tags, so a 3 here would become part of release "0.rcX.gitX.3"
 #
-%global baserelease 1
+%global baserelease 300
 %global fedora_build %{baserelease}
 
 # base_sublevel is the kernel version we're starting with and patching