diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 8de858f5449fc00ff22b0350dbe157e6abf9f91c..c2d53c18fd3604c6829e25956d48fade7f0d1bfc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ __clear_user(void __user *addr, __kernel_size_t size)
 	void __user * __cl_addr = (addr);				\
 	unsigned long __cl_size = (n);					\
 	if (__cl_size && access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE,			\
-		((unsigned long)(__cl_addr)), __cl_size))		\
+					__cl_addr, __cl_size))		\
 		__cl_size = __clear_user(__cl_addr, __cl_size);		\
 	__cl_size;							\
 })
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
index 667da932b7b284f7b7db7f586bb2414b49d5f4ee..9b95d80ebc6e8150f0a24dd125127e72efed26dd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static inline void ip32_machine_halt(void)
 
 static void ip32_machine_power_off(void)
 {
-	volatile unsigned char reg_a, xctrl_a, xctrl_b;
+	unsigned char reg_a, xctrl_a, xctrl_b;
 
 	disable_irq(MACEISA_RTC_IRQ);
 	reg_a = CMOS_READ(RTC_REG_A);
@@ -91,9 +91,10 @@ static void blink_timeout(unsigned long data)
 
 static void debounce(unsigned long data)
 {
-	volatile unsigned char reg_a, reg_c, xctrl_a;
+	unsigned char reg_a, reg_c, xctrl_a;
 
 	reg_c = CMOS_READ(RTC_INTR_FLAGS);
+	reg_a = CMOS_READ(RTC_REG_A);
 	CMOS_WRITE(reg_a | DS_REGA_DV0, RTC_REG_A);
 	wbflush();
 	xctrl_a = CMOS_READ(DS_B1_XCTRL4A);
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ static inline void ip32_power_button(void)
 
 static irqreturn_t ip32_rtc_int(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
-	volatile unsigned char reg_c;
+	unsigned char reg_c;
 
 	reg_c = CMOS_READ(RTC_INTR_FLAGS);
 	if (!(reg_c & RTC_IRQF)) {