diff --git a/arch/um/include/kern_util.h b/arch/um/include/kern_util.h
index 6c2be26f1d7db94647ba856f8217b03b86e9e63b..b84b5dadb95873bf24ecd4600321121e1d653e8a 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/kern_util.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/kern_util.h
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ extern void check_stack_overflow(void *ptr);
 extern void relay_signal(int sig, union uml_pt_regs *regs);
 extern int user_context(unsigned long sp);
 extern void timer_irq(union uml_pt_regs *regs);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODE_TT
 extern void unprotect_stack(unsigned long stack);
+#endif
 extern void do_uml_exitcalls(void);
 extern int attach_debugger(int idle_pid, int pid, int stop);
 extern int config_gdb(char *str);
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c
index cba516e6c99a279683317045c1392b6315b5492c..fa90db964b28733ccd9c97ac688fa170aa7d4022 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ union thread_union cpu0_irqstack
 	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_irqstack"))) =
 		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODE_TT
 void unprotect_stack(unsigned long stack)
 {
 	os_protect_memory((void *) stack, THREAD_SIZE, 1, 1, 0);
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c b/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c
index 5ee7e851bbc1b1c9618879bf7e1062edf69d5036..8aeac4d9351168e30ba8fc978caf679fce47077d 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/physmem.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void __init setup_physmem(unsigned long start, unsigned long reserve_end,
 
 	offset = uml_reserved - uml_physmem;
 	err = os_map_memory((void *) uml_reserved, physmem_fd, offset,
-			    len - offset, 1, 1, 0);
+			    len - offset, 1, 1, 1);
 	if(err < 0){
 		os_print_error(err, "Mapping memory");
 		exit(1);
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/process.c b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
index bfa52f206bb6438d520316db40c70e9a22ca51bb..f083787410afd9ff5e935a9cd589b6eca0b541ba 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ unsigned long alloc_stack(int order, int atomic)
 	if (atomic)
 		flags = GFP_ATOMIC;
 	page = __get_free_pages(flags, order);
-	if(page == 0)
+	if (page == 0)
 		return 0;
-	stack_protections(page);
+
 	return page;
 }
 
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ void release_thread(struct task_struct *task)
 
 void exit_thread(void)
 {
-	unprotect_stack((unsigned long) current_thread);
 }
 
 void *get_current(void)