diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/irqflags.h
index 5fd31905775d691cb6d4e4fffbb0eeb91ad40013..c4532f032b3b3ad2b082332132a0d90a6ba94868 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <asm/registers.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_XILINX_MICROBLAZE0_USE_MSR_INSTR
+#if CONFIG_XILINX_MICROBLAZE0_USE_MSR_INSTR
 
 static inline unsigned long arch_local_irq_save(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h
index b23f68075879b90e1e2b462e012eefd2777a6cbd..885574a73f01ebc590f76b6daae1449ad6233680 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -411,20 +411,19 @@ static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)
 static inline unsigned long pte_update(pte_t *p, unsigned long clr,
 				unsigned long set)
 {
-	unsigned long old, tmp, msr;
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__("\
-	msrclr	%2, 0x2\n\
-	nop\n\
-	lw	%0, %4, r0\n\
-	andn	%1, %0, %5\n\
-	or	%1, %1, %6\n\
-	sw	%1, %4, r0\n\
-	mts     rmsr, %2\n\
-	nop"
-	: "=&r" (old), "=&r" (tmp), "=&r" (msr), "=m" (*p)
-	: "r" ((unsigned long)(p + 1) - 4), "r" (clr), "r" (set), "m" (*p)
-	: "cc");
+	unsigned long flags, old, tmp;
+
+	raw_local_irq_save(flags);
+
+	__asm__ __volatile__(	"lw	%0, %2, r0	\n"
+				"andn	%1, %0, %3	\n"
+				"or	%1, %1, %4	\n"
+				"sw	%1, %2, r0	\n"
+			: "=&r" (old), "=&r" (tmp)
+			: "r" ((unsigned long)(p + 1) - 4), "r" (clr), "r" (set)
+			: "cc");
+
+	raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 	return old;
 }
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/pvr.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/pvr.c
index e01afa68273ede2302d7cd6da97f0c63430f7eaa..488c1ed24e381ff379c018dd81e8092a904145e7 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/pvr.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/cpu/pvr.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	register unsigned tmp __asm__("r3");			\
 	tmp = 0x0;	/* Prevent warning about unused */	\
 	__asm__ __volatile__ (					\
-			"mfs	%0, rpvr" #pvrid ";"	\
+			"mfs	%0, rpvr" #pvrid ";"		\
 			: "=r" (tmp) : : "memory"); 		\
 	val = tmp;						\
 }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int cpu_has_pvr(void)
 	if (!(flags & PVR_MSR_BIT))
 		return 0;
 
-	get_single_pvr(0x00, pvr0);
+	get_single_pvr(0, pvr0);
 	pr_debug("%s: pvr0 is 0x%08x\n", __func__, pvr0);
 
 	if (pvr0 & PVR0_PVR_FULL_MASK)
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S
index 0db20b5abb54e44489362d2bcc53e2600ccb8ad5..778a5ce2e4fc2426ce479def5739401cd32cb8de 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S
@@ -62,15 +62,14 @@ real_start:
 	andi	r1, r1, ~2
 	mts	rmsr, r1
 /*
- * Here is checking mechanism which check if Microblaze has msr instructions
- * We load msr and compare it with previous r1 value - if is the same,
- * msr instructions works if not - cpu don't have them.
+ * According to Xilinx, msrclr instruction behaves like 'mfs rX,rpc'
+ * if the msrclr instruction is not enabled. We use this to detect
+ * if the opcode is available, by issuing msrclr and then testing the result.
+ * r8 == 0 - msr instructions are implemented
+ * r8 != 0 - msr instructions are not implemented
  */
-	/* r8=0 - I have msr instr, 1 - I don't have them */
-	rsubi	r0, r0, 1	/* set the carry bit */
-	msrclr	r0, 0x4		/* try to clear it */
-	/* read the carry bit, r8 will be '0' if msrclr exists */
-	addik	r8, r0, 0
+	msrclr	r8, 0 /* clear nothing - just read msr for test */
+	cmpu	r8, r8, r1 /* r1 must contain msr reg content */
 
 /* r7 may point to an FDT, or there may be one linked in.
    if it's in r7, we've got to save it away ASAP.
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/setup.c b/arch/microblaze/kernel/setup.c
index bb1558e4b283f0d59f2a00bb2976427c521c845d..9312fbb37efd4868e4c00e9fe69c7b6c03c73557 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/setup.c
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ void __init machine_early_init(const char *cmdline, unsigned int ram,
 #if CONFIG_XILINX_MICROBLAZE0_USE_MSR_INSTR
 	if (msr)
 		eprintk("!!!Your kernel has setup MSR instruction but "
-				"CPU don't have it %d\n", msr);
+				"CPU don't have it %x\n", msr);
 #else
 	if (!msr)
 		eprintk("!!!Your kernel not setup MSR instruction but "
-				"CPU have it %d\n", msr);
+				"CPU have it %x\n", msr);
 #endif
 
 	for (src = __ivt_start; src < __ivt_end; src++, dst++)