diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index de229424b65943057c04e3a6b80905fb87d9e538..3a9f1e80394a01c1b16edad07fe165123f48646f 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ config XTENSA_VARIANT_CUSTOM_NAME
 	help
 	  Provide the name of a custom Xtensa processor variant.
 	  This CORENAME selects arch/xtensa/variant/CORENAME.
-	  Dont forget you have to select MMU if you have one.
+	  Don't forget you have to select MMU if you have one.
 
 config XTENSA_VARIANT_NAME
 	string
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile
index efb91bfda2b4d93d6e1a253576a5d5fcd9d62678..1a14d38d9b3392b1aec015399c5c0d26b7e72f3e 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/boot/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ HOSTFLAGS	+= -Iarch/$(ARCH)/boot/include
 
 BIG_ENDIAN	:= $(shell echo __XTENSA_EB__ | $(CC) -E - | grep -v "\#")
 
-export ccflags-y
 export BIG_ENDIAN
 
 subdir-y	:= lib
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/smp.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/smp.c
index 83b244ce61eeb4740b72d6b7a1111093e0ff66d3..cd85a7a2722ba4f4f101957c8cbc7665deda12ac 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/smp.c
@@ -53,16 +53,12 @@ static void system_flush_invalidate_dcache_range(unsigned long start,
 #define IPI_IRQ	0
 
 static irqreturn_t ipi_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id);
-static struct irqaction ipi_irqaction = {
-	.handler =	ipi_interrupt,
-	.flags =	IRQF_PERCPU,
-	.name =		"ipi",
-};
 
 void ipi_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned irq = irq_create_mapping(NULL, IPI_IRQ);
-	setup_irq(irq, &ipi_irqaction);
+	if (request_irq(irq, ipi_interrupt, IRQF_PERCPU, "ipi", NULL))
+		pr_err("Failed to request irq %u (ipi)\n", irq);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int get_core_count(void)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c
index 69db8c93c1f992d221f5217dec8fd6606f188a1f..77971fe4cc95ba2b8bd55667b892392b1aa7bdaf 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/time.c
@@ -128,12 +128,6 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static struct irqaction timer_irqaction = {
-	.handler =	timer_interrupt,
-	.flags =	IRQF_TIMER,
-	.name =		"timer",
-};
-
 void local_timer_setup(unsigned cpu)
 {
 	struct ccount_timer *timer = &per_cpu(ccount_timer, cpu);
@@ -184,6 +178,8 @@ static inline void calibrate_ccount(void)
 
 void __init time_init(void)
 {
+	int irq;
+
 	of_clk_init(NULL);
 #ifdef CONFIG_XTENSA_CALIBRATE_CCOUNT
 	pr_info("Calibrating CPU frequency ");
@@ -199,7 +195,9 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 	     __func__);
 	clocksource_register_hz(&ccount_clocksource, ccount_freq);
 	local_timer_setup(0);
-	setup_irq(this_cpu_ptr(&ccount_timer)->evt.irq, &timer_irqaction);
+	irq = this_cpu_ptr(&ccount_timer)->evt.irq;
+	if (request_irq(irq, timer_interrupt, IRQF_TIMER, "timer", NULL))
+		pr_err("Failed to request irq %d (timer)\n", irq);
 	sched_clock_register(ccount_sched_clock_read, 32, ccount_freq);
 	timer_probe();
 }