diff --git a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
index b7d100815e..67738bb21d 100644
--- a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -569,7 +569,9 @@ GLOBAL_ENTRY(__ia64_trace_syscall)
 .mem.offset 0,0; st8.spill [r2]=r8		// store return value in slot for r8
 .mem.offset 8,0; st8.spill [r3]=r10		// clear error indication in slot for r10
 	br.call.sptk.many rp=syscall_trace_leave // give parent a chance to catch return value
-.ret3:	br.cond.sptk .work_pending_syscall_end
+.ret3:
+(pUStk)	cmp.eq.unc p6,p0=r0,r0			// p6 <- pUStk
+	br.cond.sptk .work_pending_syscall_end
 
 strace_error:
 	ld8 r3=[r2]				// load pt_regs.r8
diff --git a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index ea5cae05cd..b6f500b950 100644
--- a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ setup_arch (char **cmdline_p)
 	if (early_console_setup(*cmdline_p) == 0)
 		mark_bsp_online();
 
+	parse_early_param();
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 	/* Initialize the ACPI boot-time table parser */
 	acpi_table_init();
@@ -692,6 +693,9 @@ void
 setup_per_cpu_areas (void)
 {
 	/* start_kernel() requires this... */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	prefill_possible_map();
+#endif
 }
 
 /*