diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h
index eea28ca..bc7d9d0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 {
 	int oldval = 0, ret;
 
-	allow_write_to_user(uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+	allow_read_write_user(uaddr, uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
 	pagefault_disable();
 
 	switch (op) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 	*oval = oldval;
 
-	prevent_write_to_user(uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+	prevent_read_write_user(uaddr, uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
 	if (!access_ok(uaddr, sizeof(u32)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	allow_write_to_user(uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+	allow_read_write_user(uaddr, uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+
         __asm__ __volatile__ (
         PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:     lwarx   %1,0,%3         # futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic\n\
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@
         : "cc", "memory");
 
 	*uval = prev;
-	prevent_write_to_user(uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+	prevent_read_write_user(uaddr, uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+
         return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index 77abbc3..0713daa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 	 * To speed up the syscall path where interrupts stay on, let's check
 	 * first if we are changing the MSR value at all.
 	 */
-	tophys(r12, r1)
+	tophys_novmstack r12, r1
 	lwz	r12,_MSR(r12)
 	andi.	r12,r12,MSR_EE
 	bne	1f