diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index b315a33867f..33692eaabab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
  * Simple spin lock operations.  There are two variants, one clears IRQ's
  * on the local processor, one does not.
  *
- * These are fair FIFO ticket locks, which are currently limited to 256
- * CPUs.
+ * These are fair FIFO ticket locks, which support up to 2^16 CPUs.
  *
  * (the type definitions are in asm/spinlock_types.h)
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index afb7ff79a29..ced4534baed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static const unsigned char * const k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+2] =
 #endif
 
 #ifdef P6_NOP1
-static const unsigned char  __initconst_or_module p6nops[] =
+static const unsigned char p6nops[] =
 {
 	P6_NOP1,
 	P6_NOP2,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
index 7ad683d7864..d44f7829968 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void fixup_irqs(void)
 
 		if (cpumask_any_and(affinity, cpu_online_mask) >= nr_cpu_ids) {
 			break_affinity = 1;
-			affinity = cpu_all_mask;
+			affinity = cpu_online_mask;
 		}
 
 		chip = irq_data_get_irq_chip(data);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index 8a2ce8fd41c..82746f942cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -143,11 +143,12 @@ static int get_matching_microcode(int cpu, const u8 *ucode_ptr,
 				  unsigned int *current_size)
 {
 	struct microcode_header_amd *mc_hdr;
-	unsigned int actual_size;
+	unsigned int actual_size, patch_size;
 	u16 equiv_cpu_id;
 
 	/* size of the current patch we're staring at */
-	*current_size = *(u32 *)(ucode_ptr + 4) + SECTION_HDR_SIZE;
+	patch_size = *(u32 *)(ucode_ptr + 4);
+	*current_size = patch_size + SECTION_HDR_SIZE;
 
 	equiv_cpu_id = find_equiv_id();
 	if (!equiv_cpu_id)
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ static int get_matching_microcode(int cpu, const u8 *ucode_ptr,
 	/*
 	 * now that the header looks sane, verify its size
 	 */
-	actual_size = verify_ucode_size(cpu, *current_size, leftover_size);
+	actual_size = verify_ucode_size(cpu, patch_size, leftover_size);
 	if (!actual_size)
 		return 0;