diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
index 082c31d..39752cd 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c
@@ -558,8 +558,6 @@
 	if (!iosapic_kmalloc_ok && list_empty(&free_rte_list)) {
 		rte = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct iosapic_rte_info) *
 				    NR_PREALLOCATE_RTE_ENTRIES);
-		if (!rte)
-			return NULL;
 		for (i = 0; i < NR_PREALLOCATE_RTE_ENTRIES; i++, rte++)
 			list_add(&rte->rte_list, &free_rte_list);
 	}
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index f48a809..4ae15c8 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -578,8 +578,6 @@
 	cpu_init();	/* initialize the bootstrap CPU */
 	mmu_context_init();	/* initialize context_id bitmap */
 
-	check_sal_cache_flush();
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 	acpi_boot_init();
 #endif
@@ -607,6 +605,7 @@
 		ia64_mca_init();
 
 	platform_setup(cmdline_p);
+	check_sal_cache_flush();
 	paging_init();
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c
index 6dd886c..e585f9a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
 	int cpu;
 	char optstr[64];
 
-	if (count > sizeof(optstr))
+	if (count == 0 || count > sizeof(optstr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (copy_from_user(optstr, user, count))
 		return -EFAULT;