diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/blacklist.c b/drivers/s390/cio/blacklist.c
index 2d444cb2fdf718e96ce727b2d972d790ca779844..daf21e03b21d43b5e632713f03e0bb9794624558 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/blacklist.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/blacklist.c
@@ -299,10 +299,9 @@ cio_ignore_proc_seq_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *offset)
 
 	if (*offset >= (__MAX_SUBCHANNEL + 1) * (__MAX_SSID + 1))
 		return NULL;
-	iter = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ccwdev_iter), GFP_KERNEL);
+	iter = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ccwdev_iter), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!iter)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	memset(iter, 0, sizeof(struct ccwdev_iter));
 	iter->ssid = *offset / (__MAX_SUBCHANNEL + 1);
 	iter->devno = *offset % (__MAX_SUBCHANNEL + 1);
 	return iter;
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ cio_ignore_proc_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *it, loff_t *offset)
 
 	if (*offset >= (__MAX_SUBCHANNEL + 1) * (__MAX_SSID + 1))
 		return NULL;
-	iter = (struct ccwdev_iter *)it;
+	iter = it;
 	if (iter->devno == __MAX_SUBCHANNEL) {
 		iter->devno = 0;
 		iter->ssid++;
@@ -339,7 +338,7 @@ cio_ignore_proc_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *it)
 {
 	struct ccwdev_iter *iter;
 
-	iter = (struct ccwdev_iter *)it;
+	iter = it;
 	if (!is_blacklisted(iter->ssid, iter->devno))
 		/* Not blacklisted, nothing to output. */
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
index 9e9d4a157a4cff1aa43465013a62e86d40a8ec27..e565193650c767038b8046a9309e38b5734bc86f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
@@ -444,6 +444,15 @@ css_generate_pgid(struct channel_subsystem *css, u32 tod_high)
 
 }
 
+static void
+channel_subsystem_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct channel_subsystem *css;
+
+	css = to_css(dev);
+	kfree(css);
+}
+
 static inline void __init
 setup_css(int nr)
 {
@@ -453,6 +462,7 @@ setup_css(int nr)
 	css[nr]->valid = 1;
 	css[nr]->cssid = nr;
 	sprintf(css[nr]->device.bus_id, "css%x", nr);
+	css[nr]->device.release = channel_subsystem_release;
 	tod_high = (u32) (get_clock() >> 32);
 	css_generate_pgid(css[nr], tod_high);
 }