diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c
index ff469e47005921779f3c589ec3e77e401a4346a3..a35347501d36883b802c6471ed466b4e271ce8c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apb_timer.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static int apbt_cpuhp_notify(struct notifier_block *n,
 
 static __init int apbt_late_init(void)
 {
-	if (disable_apbt_percpu)
+	if (disable_apbt_percpu || !apb_timer_block_enabled)
 		return 0;
 	/* This notifier should be called after workqueue is ready */
 	hotcpu_notifier(apbt_cpuhp_notify, -20);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 7e1cca13af3589a562d26c0ead4a2a3c1474c129..1366c7cfd4831b12d1b229ad41b1651f97e50312 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -47,6 +47,27 @@ static void __cpuinit early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		(c->x86 == 0x6 && c->x86_model >= 0x0e))
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
 
+	/*
+	 * Atom erratum AAE44/AAF40/AAG38/AAH41:
+	 *
+	 * A race condition between speculative fetches and invalidating
+	 * a large page.  This is worked around in microcode, but we
+	 * need the microcode to have already been loaded... so if it is
+	 * not, recommend a BIOS update and disable large pages.
+	 */
+	if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == 0x1c && c->x86_mask <= 2) {
+		u32 ucode, junk;
+
+		wrmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, 0, 0);
+		sync_core();
+		rdmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, junk, ucode);
+
+		if (ucode < 0x20e) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "Atom PSE erratum detected, BIOS microcode update recommended\n");
+			clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PSE);
+		}
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index dc9690b4c4cccf5450a8f49c0aec3bbdb1a86f78..17cb3295cbf773e94011e134c2a1fa2dfc2e62f1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -276,12 +276,12 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
 
 	set_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_FORK);
 
-	p->thread.fs = me->thread.fs;
-	p->thread.gs = me->thread.gs;
 	p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = NULL;
 
 	savesegment(gs, p->thread.gsindex);
+	p->thread.gs = p->thread.gsindex ? 0 : me->thread.gs;
 	savesegment(fs, p->thread.fsindex);
+	p->thread.fs = p->thread.fsindex ? 0 : me->thread.fs;
 	savesegment(es, p->thread.es);
 	savesegment(ds, p->thread.ds);