diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c
index ba4f18a43ee8b8f37c533c2d5cf3a4155ca59a02..52a29fc73730b2c8c38a24b544f9729b972bac76 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kexec_elf_64.c
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ static int elf_exec_load(struct kimage *image, struct elfhdr *ehdr,
 		kbuf.memsz = phdr->p_memsz;
 		kbuf.buf_align = phdr->p_align;
 		kbuf.buf_min = phdr->p_paddr + base;
+		kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 		ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
@@ -581,7 +582,8 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
 	struct kexec_buf kbuf = { .image = image, .buf_min = 0,
 				  .buf_max = ppc64_rma_size };
 	struct kexec_buf pbuf = { .image = image, .buf_min = 0,
-				  .buf_max = ppc64_rma_size, .top_down = true };
+				  .buf_max = ppc64_rma_size, .top_down = true,
+				  .mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN };
 
 	ret = build_elf_exec_info(kernel_buf, kernel_len, &ehdr, &elf_info);
 	if (ret)
@@ -606,6 +608,7 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
 		kbuf.bufsz = kbuf.memsz = initrd_len;
 		kbuf.buf_align = PAGE_SIZE;
 		kbuf.top_down = false;
+		kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 		ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
@@ -638,6 +641,7 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
 	kbuf.bufsz = kbuf.memsz = fdt_size;
 	kbuf.buf_align = PAGE_SIZE;
 	kbuf.top_down = true;
+	kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 	ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index 7e129f62cd675ff57d22121a3ba8c1be1a9ab1b2..ca92e01d0bd1b11a413949e0d526933cf0a112c0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -1846,6 +1846,7 @@ static int power_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	int n;
 	int err;
 	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw;
+	u64 bhrb_filter;
 
 	if (!ppmu)
 		return -ENOENT;
@@ -1951,13 +1952,14 @@ static int power_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	err = power_check_constraints(cpuhw, events, cflags, n + 1);
 
 	if (has_branch_stack(event)) {
-		cpuhw->bhrb_filter = ppmu->bhrb_filter_map(
+		bhrb_filter = ppmu->bhrb_filter_map(
 					event->attr.branch_sample_type);
 
-		if (cpuhw->bhrb_filter == -1) {
+		if (bhrb_filter == -1) {
 			put_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
+		cpuhw->bhrb_filter = bhrb_filter;
 	}
 
 	put_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
index b47e9fb5e899bc28530294d52dec143ed6b4c1c8..3a5fcc20ff31695e86ac292c3d622dab70519b57 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power8-pmu.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ enum {
 #define	POWER8_MMCRA_IFM1		0x0000000040000000UL
 #define	POWER8_MMCRA_IFM2		0x0000000080000000UL
 #define	POWER8_MMCRA_IFM3		0x00000000C0000000UL
+#define	POWER8_MMCRA_BHRB_MASK		0x00000000C0000000UL
 
 /*
  * Raw event encoding for PowerISA v2.07 (Power8):
@@ -239,6 +240,8 @@ static u64 power8_bhrb_filter_map(u64 branch_sample_type)
 
 static void power8_config_bhrb(u64 pmu_bhrb_filter)
 {
+	pmu_bhrb_filter &= POWER8_MMCRA_BHRB_MASK;
+
 	/* Enable BHRB filter in PMU */
 	mtspr(SPRN_MMCRA, (mfspr(SPRN_MMCRA) | pmu_bhrb_filter));
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power9-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power9-pmu.c
index 738ed26c538d733fb17cab0045c07e17403effdc..08c3ef7961982606a38d8e9508784c625e4df720 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power9-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power9-pmu.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ enum {
 #define POWER9_MMCRA_IFM1		0x0000000040000000UL
 #define POWER9_MMCRA_IFM2		0x0000000080000000UL
 #define POWER9_MMCRA_IFM3		0x00000000C0000000UL
+#define POWER9_MMCRA_BHRB_MASK		0x00000000C0000000UL
 
 /* Nasty Power9 specific hack */
 #define PVR_POWER9_CUMULUS		0x00002000
@@ -296,6 +297,8 @@ static u64 power9_bhrb_filter_map(u64 branch_sample_type)
 
 static void power9_config_bhrb(u64 pmu_bhrb_filter)
 {
+	pmu_bhrb_filter &= POWER9_MMCRA_BHRB_MASK;
+
 	/* Enable BHRB filter in PMU */
 	mtspr(SPRN_MMCRA, (mfspr(SPRN_MMCRA) | pmu_bhrb_filter));
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c
index 1b6932890a736fca450cbba5ee89595fdb3bbbbc..186109bdd41be2c3d05f1bc93059960454a1d27f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-imc.c
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ static int imc_pmu_create(struct device_node *parent, int pmu_index, int domain)
 	struct imc_pmu *pmu_ptr;
 	u32 offset;
 
+	/* Return for unknown domain */
+	if (domain < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* memory for pmu */
 	pmu_ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(*pmu_ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pmu_ptr)