diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 8ab8a1a9610a2118ad21fee3bebe02d142947350..009fab130cd8507ad6c571ae8843066aea462319 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
 #ifdef CONFIG_VSX
 	/* VSR status */
-	int		used_vsr;	/* set if process has used altivec */
+	int		used_vsr;	/* set if process has used VSX */
 #endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
 	unsigned long	evr[32];	/* upper 32-bits of SPE regs */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 612df305886b030e3449182b8506b023c89a85fb..b8500b4ac7fead4c78bc6478d109e3b0a6a50c76 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ void restore_tm_state(struct pt_regs *regs)
 static inline void save_sprs(struct thread_struct *t)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
-	if (cpu_has_feature(cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)))
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC))
 		t->vrsave = mfspr(SPRN_VRSAVE);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 6dd272b6196f35b2644131ee5cbe94ddc25fd652..d991b9e80dbbc75ef955c78c924c2e273228b70f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -413,13 +413,13 @@ static void hugepd_free(struct mmu_gather *tlb, void *hugepte)
 {
 	struct hugepd_freelist **batchp;
 
-	batchp = this_cpu_ptr(&hugepd_freelist_cur);
+	batchp = &get_cpu_var(hugepd_freelist_cur);
 
 	if (atomic_read(&tlb->mm->mm_users) < 2 ||
 	    cpumask_equal(mm_cpumask(tlb->mm),
 			  cpumask_of(smp_processor_id()))) {
 		kmem_cache_free(hugepte_cache, hugepte);
-        put_cpu_var(hugepd_freelist_cur);
+		put_cpu_var(hugepd_freelist_cur);
 		return;
 	}