diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/entry.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/entry.S
index acc1f05d1e2c04665f2224d91bb9d61bb9929e48..e3ecb36dd554ebc3504e08ac369a29359e8c304f 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/entry.S
@@ -592,6 +592,8 @@ C_ENTRY(full_exception_trap):
 	nop
 	mfs	r7, rfsr;		/* save FSR */
 	nop
+	mts	rfsr, r0;	/* Clear sticky fsr */
+	nop
 	la	r12, r0, full_exception
 	set_vms;
 	rtbd	r12, 0;
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S
index 6b0288ebccd6674c21c9ed0bee8a095903507412..2b86c03aa84187cb5857974fba2cb949e349ce93 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/hw_exception_handler.S
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ handle_other_ex: /* Handle Other exceptions here */
 	addk	r8, r17, r0; /* Load exception address */
 	bralid	r15, full_exception; /* Branch to the handler */
 	nop;
-	mts	r0, rfsr;	/* Clear sticky fsr */
+	mts	rfsr, r0;	/* Clear sticky fsr */
 	nop
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c
index 4201c743cc9fb33e17a52ae057940345d79e2681..c592d475b3d890a50061f8f3b265c4516457d749 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long pc, unsigned long usp)
 	regs->pc = pc;
 	regs->r1 = usp;
 	regs->pt_mode = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 	regs->msr |= MSR_UMS;
+#endif
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU