diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 779869ed32b1..71fad747c0c7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ struct smi_info {
 	/* The timer for this si. */
 	struct timer_list   si_timer;
 
+	/* This flag is set, if the timer can be set */
+	bool		    timer_can_start;
+
 	/* This flag is set, if the timer is running (timer_pending() isn't enough) */
 	bool		    timer_running;
 
@@ -355,6 +358,8 @@ out:
 
 static void smi_mod_timer(struct smi_info *smi_info, unsigned long new_val)
 {
+	if (!smi_info->timer_can_start)
+		return;
 	smi_info->last_timeout_jiffies = jiffies;
 	mod_timer(&smi_info->si_timer, new_val);
 	smi_info->timer_running = true;
@@ -374,21 +379,18 @@ static void start_new_msg(struct smi_info *smi_info, unsigned char *msg,
 	smi_info->handlers->start_transaction(smi_info->si_sm, msg, size);
 }
 
-static void start_check_enables(struct smi_info *smi_info, bool start_timer)
+static void start_check_enables(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 {
 	unsigned char msg[2];
 
 	msg[0] = (IPMI_NETFN_APP_REQUEST << 2);
 	msg[1] = IPMI_GET_BMC_GLOBAL_ENABLES_CMD;
 
-	if (start_timer)
-		start_new_msg(smi_info, msg, 2);
-	else
-		smi_info->handlers->start_transaction(smi_info->si_sm, msg, 2);
+	start_new_msg(smi_info, msg, 2);
 	smi_info->si_state = SI_CHECKING_ENABLES;
 }
 
-static void start_clear_flags(struct smi_info *smi_info, bool start_timer)
+static void start_clear_flags(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 {
 	unsigned char msg[3];
 
@@ -397,10 +399,7 @@ static void start_clear_flags(struct smi_info *smi_info, bool start_timer)
 	msg[1] = IPMI_CLEAR_MSG_FLAGS_CMD;
 	msg[2] = WDT_PRE_TIMEOUT_INT;
 
-	if (start_timer)
-		start_new_msg(smi_info, msg, 3);
-	else
-		smi_info->handlers->start_transaction(smi_info->si_sm, msg, 3);
+	start_new_msg(smi_info, msg, 3);
 	smi_info->si_state = SI_CLEARING_FLAGS;
 }
 
@@ -435,11 +434,11 @@ static void start_getting_events(struct smi_info *smi_info)
  * Note that we cannot just use disable_irq(), since the interrupt may
  * be shared.
  */
-static inline bool disable_si_irq(struct smi_info *smi_info, bool start_timer)
+static inline bool disable_si_irq(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 {
 	if ((smi_info->io.irq) && (!smi_info->interrupt_disabled)) {
 		smi_info->interrupt_disabled = true;
-		start_check_enables(smi_info, start_timer);
+		start_check_enables(smi_info);
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;
@@ -449,7 +448,7 @@ static inline bool enable_si_irq(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 {
 	if ((smi_info->io.irq) && (smi_info->interrupt_disabled)) {
 		smi_info->interrupt_disabled = false;
-		start_check_enables(smi_info, true);
+		start_check_enables(smi_info);
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;
@@ -467,7 +466,7 @@ static struct ipmi_smi_msg *alloc_msg_handle_irq(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 
 	msg = ipmi_alloc_smi_msg();
 	if (!msg) {
-		if (!disable_si_irq(smi_info, true))
+		if (!disable_si_irq(smi_info))
 			smi_info->si_state = SI_NORMAL;
 	} else if (enable_si_irq(smi_info)) {
 		ipmi_free_smi_msg(msg);
@@ -483,7 +482,7 @@ retry:
 		/* Watchdog pre-timeout */
 		smi_inc_stat(smi_info, watchdog_pretimeouts);
 
-		start_clear_flags(smi_info, true);
+		start_clear_flags(smi_info);
 		smi_info->msg_flags &= ~WDT_PRE_TIMEOUT_INT;
 		if (smi_info->intf)
 			ipmi_smi_watchdog_pretimeout(smi_info->intf);
@@ -866,7 +865,7 @@ restart:
 		 * disable and messages disabled.
 		 */
 		if (smi_info->supports_event_msg_buff || smi_info->io.irq) {
-			start_check_enables(smi_info, true);
+			start_check_enables(smi_info);
 		} else {
 			smi_info->curr_msg = alloc_msg_handle_irq(smi_info);
 			if (!smi_info->curr_msg)
@@ -1167,6 +1166,7 @@ static int smi_start_processing(void       *send_info,
 
 	/* Set up the timer that drives the interface. */
 	timer_setup(&new_smi->si_timer, smi_timeout, 0);
+	new_smi->timer_can_start = true;
 	smi_mod_timer(new_smi, jiffies + SI_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES);
 
 	/* Try to claim any interrupts. */
@@ -1936,10 +1936,12 @@ static void check_for_broken_irqs(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 	check_set_rcv_irq(smi_info);
 }
 
-static inline void wait_for_timer_and_thread(struct smi_info *smi_info)
+static inline void stop_timer_and_thread(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 {
 	if (smi_info->thread != NULL)
 		kthread_stop(smi_info->thread);
+
+	smi_info->timer_can_start = false;
 	if (smi_info->timer_running)
 		del_timer_sync(&smi_info->si_timer);
 }
@@ -2152,7 +2154,7 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
 	 * Start clearing the flags before we enable interrupts or the
 	 * timer to avoid racing with the timer.
 	 */
-	start_clear_flags(new_smi, false);
+	start_clear_flags(new_smi);
 
 	/*
 	 * IRQ is defined to be set when non-zero.  req_events will
@@ -2238,7 +2240,7 @@ out_err_remove_attrs:
 	dev_set_drvdata(new_smi->io.dev, NULL);
 
 out_err_stop_timer:
-	wait_for_timer_and_thread(new_smi);
+	stop_timer_and_thread(new_smi);
 
 out_err:
 	new_smi->interrupt_disabled = true;
@@ -2388,7 +2390,7 @@ static void cleanup_one_si(struct smi_info *to_clean)
 	 */
 	if (to_clean->io.irq_cleanup)
 		to_clean->io.irq_cleanup(&to_clean->io);
-	wait_for_timer_and_thread(to_clean);
+	stop_timer_and_thread(to_clean);
 
 	/*
 	 * Timeouts are stopped, now make sure the interrupts are off
@@ -2400,7 +2402,7 @@ static void cleanup_one_si(struct smi_info *to_clean)
 		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
 	}
 	if (to_clean->handlers)
-		disable_si_irq(to_clean, false);
+		disable_si_irq(to_clean);
 	while (to_clean->curr_msg || (to_clean->si_state != SI_NORMAL)) {
 		poll(to_clean);
 		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_parisc.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_parisc.c
index 090b073ab441..6b10f0e18a95 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_parisc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_parisc.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ static int __init ipmi_parisc_probe(struct parisc_device *dev)
 {
 	struct si_sm_io io;
 
+	memset(&io, 0, sizeof(io));
+
 	io.si_type	= SI_KCS;
 	io.addr_source	= SI_DEVICETREE;
 	io.addr_type	= IPMI_MEM_ADDR_SPACE;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_pci.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_pci.c
index 99771f5cad07..27dd11c49d21 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_pci.c
@@ -103,10 +103,13 @@ static int ipmi_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	io.addr_source_cleanup = ipmi_pci_cleanup;
 	io.addr_source_data = pdev;
 
-	if (pci_resource_flags(pdev, 0) & IORESOURCE_IO)
+	if (pci_resource_flags(pdev, 0) & IORESOURCE_IO) {
 		io.addr_type = IPMI_IO_ADDR_SPACE;
-	else
+		io.io_setup = ipmi_si_port_setup;
+	} else {
 		io.addr_type = IPMI_MEM_ADDR_SPACE;
+		io.io_setup = ipmi_si_mem_setup;
+	}
 	io.addr_data = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);
 
 	io.regspacing = ipmi_pci_probe_regspacing(&io);