diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 3dcc8b5..45918d6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ do_patch() {
 	# executes and modifies the source tree as required
 	patchme ${KMACHINE}
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR. Could not apply updates for ${KMACHINE}"
+		echo "ERROR. Could not apply patches for ${KMACHINE}."
+		echo "       Patch failures can be resolved in the devshell (bitbake -c devshell ${PN})"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb
index e1fc0a3..b560059 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/kern-tools/kern-tools-native_git.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://git/tools/kgit;beginline=5;endline=9;md5=d8d1d729a70c
 
 DEPENDS = "git-native guilt-native"
 
-SRCREV = "c82d67d0cf17bc3b499f19667690c56bd00d3ddc"
+SRCREV = "6e92eca3bd30d73222dfeaae6d2d1d9764a5a3f8"
 PR = "r12"
 PV = "0.1+git${SRCPV}"