diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index 80abafb9bf3374d5f6d86b67ee0f1b1260b7e9fc..9650c143afc115fe82c2ccd5fdecad6ef02116e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -906,27 +906,14 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef __ARMEB__
-#define AUDIT_ARCH_NR AUDIT_ARCH_ARMEB
-#else
-#define AUDIT_ARCH_NR AUDIT_ARCH_ARM
-#endif
-
 asmlinkage int syscall_trace(int why, struct pt_regs *regs, int scno)
 {
 	unsigned long ip;
 
-	/*
-	 * Save IP.  IP is used to denote syscall entry/exit:
-	 *  IP = 0 -> entry, = 1 -> exit
-	 */
-	ip = regs->ARM_ip;
-	regs->ARM_ip = why;
-
-	if (!ip)
+	if (why)
 		audit_syscall_exit(regs);
 	else
-		audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_NR, scno, regs->ARM_r0,
+		audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_ARM, scno, regs->ARM_r0,
 				    regs->ARM_r1, regs->ARM_r2, regs->ARM_r3);
 
 	if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE))
@@ -936,6 +923,13 @@ asmlinkage int syscall_trace(int why, struct pt_regs *regs, int scno)
 
 	current_thread_info()->syscall = scno;
 
+	/*
+	 * IP is used to denote syscall entry/exit:
+	 * IP = 0 -> entry, =1 -> exit
+	 */
+	ip = regs->ARM_ip;
+	regs->ARM_ip = why;
+
 	/* the 0x80 provides a way for the tracing parent to distinguish
 	   between a syscall stop and SIGTRAP delivery */
 	ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP | ((current->ptrace & PT_TRACESYSGOOD)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index f6a4d32b0421a9dd35fa1ca2884e8980374a76a3..8f4644659777ebbefd8ba2de8b366b8a5d7de8fa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ asmlinkage void __cpuinit secondary_start_kernel(void)
 	struct mm_struct *mm = &init_mm;
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-	printk("CPU%u: Booted secondary processor\n", cpu);
-
 	/*
 	 * All kernel threads share the same mm context; grab a
 	 * reference and switch to it.
@@ -264,6 +262,8 @@ asmlinkage void __cpuinit secondary_start_kernel(void)
 	enter_lazy_tlb(mm, current);
 	local_flush_tlb_all();
 
+	printk("CPU%u: Booted secondary processor\n", cpu);
+
 	cpu_init();
 	preempt_disable();
 	trace_hardirqs_off();
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
index d2b177905cdb4c46def1de346ec7296425e1e315..76cbb055dd05ee2e8620bc1a3f1dc322f1333aeb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
 		  "Ir" (THREAD_START_SP - sizeof(regs)),
 		  "r" (&regs),
 		  "Ir" (sizeof(regs))
-		: "r0", "r1", "r2", "r3", "ip", "lr", "memory");
+		: "r0", "r1", "r2", "r3", "r8", "r9", "ip", "lr", "memory");
 
  out:
 	return ret;