diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index 078fb5533541..2d80653aa2af 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ static int __init prom_find_machine_type(void)
 			   compat, sizeof(compat)-1);
 	if (len <= 0)
 		return PLATFORM_GENERIC;
-	if (strncmp(compat, RELOC("chrp"), 4))
+	if (strcmp(compat, RELOC("chrp")))
 		return PLATFORM_GENERIC;
 
 	/* Default to pSeries. We need to know if we are running LPAR */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 5eb55ef1c91c..5f79f01c44f2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static int __init pSeries_init_panel(void)
 {
 	/* Manually leave the kernel version on the panel. */
 	ppc_md.progress("Linux ppc64\n", 0);
-	ppc_md.progress(system_utsname.version, 0);
+	ppc_md.progress(system_utsname.release, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }