diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d69266c406919bbb7c626ad71dee826088543bc5..6fccf653177055cb4e250096d33df5eeb21a8671 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ export srctree objtree VPATH
 # then ARCH is assigned, getting whatever value it gets normally, and 
 # SUBARCH is subsequently ignored.
 
-SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
+SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/ \
+				  -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
 				  -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
 				  -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
 				  -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/ -e s/mips.*/mips/ \
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index a9e50ac908383e97daa763ada80fcd0f51f9ceea..5e05ee3a9810b3c42cdfdf627db150e5ceaa8c2f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Select 32 or 64 bit
 config 64BIT
 	bool "64-bit kernel" if ARCH = "x86"
-	default ARCH = "x86_64"
+	default ARCH != "i386"
 	---help---
 	  Say yes to build a 64-bit kernel - formerly known as x86_64
 	  Say no to build a 32-bit kernel - formerly known as i386
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index e71fc4279aab62825524bba4357bd3cb3b6e847e..5c477260294f6ef78b1c1de6998b4860cc64ffbb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 # select defconfig based on actual architecture
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
+  ifeq ($(shell uname -m),x86_64)
+        KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := x86_64_defconfig
+  else
         KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := i386_defconfig
+  endif
 else
         KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := $(ARCH)_defconfig
 endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
index 5598547281a75a4a0b4fc6a31cfecfcec3540022..94447086e551e3a8b4102a0e46800bc39c7ff172 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# CONFIG_64BIT is not set
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
diff --git a/kernel/timeconst.pl b/kernel/timeconst.pl
index eb51d76e058a401477776e279fba95c95a315a4a..3f42652a6a3749ca2b17dbaf397e483a3f2e6667 100644
--- a/kernel/timeconst.pl
+++ b/kernel/timeconst.pl
@@ -369,10 +369,8 @@ if ($hz eq '--can') {
 		die "Usage: $0 HZ\n";
 	}
 
-	@val = @{$canned_values{$hz}};
-	if (!defined(@val)) {
-		@val = compute_values($hz);
-	}
+	$cv = $canned_values{$hz};
+	@val = defined($cv) ? @$cv : compute_values($hz);
 	output($hz, @val);
 }
 exit 0;