diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c
index a6ad93c9bce3..fd9eefce0a7b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -259,15 +259,17 @@ int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	patch_text((void *)bpt->bpt_addr,
-		   *(unsigned int *)arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr);
+	/* Machine is already stopped, so we can use __patch_text() directly */
+	__patch_text((void *)bpt->bpt_addr,
+		     *(unsigned int *)arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr);
 
 	return err;
 }
 
 int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
 {
-	patch_text((void *)bpt->bpt_addr, *(unsigned int *)bpt->saved_instr);
+	/* Machine is already stopped, so we can use __patch_text() directly */
+	__patch_text((void *)bpt->bpt_addr, *(unsigned int *)bpt->saved_instr);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index b6cda06b455f..7b8f2141427b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -343,15 +343,18 @@ setup_return(struct pt_regs *regs, struct ksignal *ksig,
 		 */
 		thumb = handler & 1;
 
-#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 7
 		/*
-		 * Clear the If-Then Thumb-2 execution state
-		 * ARM spec requires this to be all 000s in ARM mode
-		 * Snapdragon S4/Krait misbehaves on a Thumb=>ARM
-		 * signal transition without this.
+		 * Clear the If-Then Thumb-2 execution state.  ARM spec
+		 * requires this to be all 000s in ARM mode.  Snapdragon
+		 * S4/Krait misbehaves on a Thumb=>ARM signal transition
+		 * without this.
+		 *
+		 * We must do this whenever we are running on a Thumb-2
+		 * capable CPU, which includes ARMv6T2.  However, we elect
+		 * to always do this to simplify the code; this field is
+		 * marked UNK/SBZP for older architectures.
 		 */
 		cpsr &= ~PSR_IT_MASK;
-#endif
 
 		if (thumb) {
 			cpsr |= PSR_T_BIT;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
index e62604384945..1a7815e5421b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ __iommu_create_mapping(struct device *dev, struct page **pages, size_t size)
 	struct dma_iommu_mapping *mapping = to_dma_iommu_mapping(dev);
 	unsigned int count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr, iova;
-	int i, ret = DMA_ERROR_CODE;
+	int i;
 
 	dma_addr = __alloc_iova(mapping, size);
 	if (dma_addr == DMA_ERROR_CODE)
@@ -1257,6 +1257,8 @@ __iommu_create_mapping(struct device *dev, struct page **pages, size_t size)
 
 	iova = dma_addr;
 	for (i = 0; i < count; ) {
+		int ret;
+
 		unsigned int next_pfn = page_to_pfn(pages[i]) + 1;
 		phys_addr_t phys = page_to_phys(pages[i]);
 		unsigned int len, j;