diff --git a/hosts/hardware/FredOS-Eee.nix b/hosts/hardware/FredOS-Eee.nix
index 3365372..c89c205 100644
--- a/hosts/hardware/FredOS-Eee.nix
+++ b/hosts/hardware/FredOS-Eee.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "uhci_hcd" "ehci_pci" "ata_piix" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" ];
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  # 6.18 oopsed (list_add corruption) under load with memtest clean; 32-bit
+  # gets little testing, so stay on the older LTS.
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_6_12;
   boot.kernelModules = [ ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];