diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 4da736e25333..49896a2a1d72 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1886,6 +1886,15 @@ config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
+config PROBE_INITRD_HEADER
+	bool "Probe initrd header created by addinitrd"
+	depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
+	help
+	  Probe initrd header at the last page of kernel image.
+	  Say Y here if you are using arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c to
+	  add initrd or initramfs image to the kernel image.
+	  Otherwise, say N.
+
 menu "Bus options (PCI, PCMCIA, EISA, ISA, TC)"
 
 config HW_HAS_EISA
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index 2aae76bce293..16f8edfe5cdc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -160,30 +160,33 @@ early_param("rd_size", rd_size_early);
 static unsigned long __init init_initrd(void)
 {
 	unsigned long end;
-	u32 *initrd_header;
 
 	/*
 	 * Board specific code or command line parser should have
 	 * already set up initrd_start and initrd_end. In these cases
 	 * perfom sanity checks and use them if all looks good.
 	 */
-	if (initrd_start && initrd_end > initrd_start)
-		goto sanitize;
+	if (!initrd_start || initrd_end <= initrd_start) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROBE_INITRD_HEADER
+		u32 *initrd_header;
 
-	/*
-	 * See if initrd has been added to the kernel image by
-	 * arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c. In that case a header is
-	 * prepended to initrd and is made up by 8 bytes. The fisrt
-	 * word is a magic number and the second one is the size of
-	 * initrd.  Initrd start must be page aligned in any cases.
-	 */
-	initrd_header = __va(PAGE_ALIGN(__pa_symbol(&_end) + 8)) - 8;
-	if (initrd_header[0] != 0x494E5244)
+		/*
+		 * See if initrd has been added to the kernel image by
+		 * arch/mips/boot/addinitrd.c. In that case a header is
+		 * prepended to initrd and is made up by 8 bytes. The first
+		 * word is a magic number and the second one is the size of
+		 * initrd.  Initrd start must be page aligned in any cases.
+		 */
+		initrd_header = __va(PAGE_ALIGN(__pa_symbol(&_end) + 8)) - 8;
+		if (initrd_header[0] != 0x494E5244)
+			goto disable;
+		initrd_start = (unsigned long)(initrd_header + 2);
+		initrd_end = initrd_start + initrd_header[1];
+#else
 		goto disable;
-	initrd_start = (unsigned long)(initrd_header + 2);
-	initrd_end = initrd_start + initrd_header[1];
+#endif
+	}
 
-sanitize:
 	if (initrd_start & ~PAGE_MASK) {
 		pr_err("initrd start must be page aligned\n");
 		goto disable;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
index 426cced1e9dc..6bee29097a56 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ void __noreturn die(const char * str, const struct pt_regs * regs)
 	do_exit(SIGSEGV);
 }
 
-extern const struct exception_table_entry __start___dbe_table[];
-extern const struct exception_table_entry __stop___dbe_table[];
+extern struct exception_table_entry __start___dbe_table[];
+extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___dbe_table[];
 
 __asm__(
 "	.section	__dbe_table, \"a\"\n"
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ void *set_except_vector(int n, void *addr)
 	if (n == 0 && cpu_has_divec) {
 		*(u32 *)(ebase + 0x200) = 0x08000000 |
 					  (0x03ffffff & (handler >> 2));
-		flush_icache_range(ebase + 0x200, ebase + 0x204);
+		local_flush_icache_range(ebase + 0x200, ebase + 0x204);
 	}
 	return (void *)old_handler;
 }
@@ -1283,7 +1283,8 @@ static void *set_vi_srs_handler(int n, vi_handler_t addr, int srs)
 		*w = (*w & 0xffff0000) | (((u32)handler >> 16) & 0xffff);
 		w = (u32 *)(b + ori_offset);
 		*w = (*w & 0xffff0000) | ((u32)handler & 0xffff);
-		flush_icache_range((unsigned long)b, (unsigned long)(b+handler_len));
+		local_flush_icache_range((unsigned long)b,
+					 (unsigned long)(b+handler_len));
 	}
 	else {
 		/*
@@ -1295,7 +1296,8 @@ static void *set_vi_srs_handler(int n, vi_handler_t addr, int srs)
 		w = (u32 *)b;
 		*w++ = 0x08000000 | (((u32)handler >> 2) & 0x03fffff); /* j handler */
 		*w = 0;
-		flush_icache_range((unsigned long)b, (unsigned long)(b+8));
+		local_flush_icache_range((unsigned long)b,
+					 (unsigned long)(b+8));
 	}
 
 	return (void *)old_handler;
@@ -1515,7 +1517,7 @@ void __cpuinit per_cpu_trap_init(void)
 void __init set_handler(unsigned long offset, void *addr, unsigned long size)
 {
 	memcpy((void *)(ebase + offset), addr, size);
-	flush_icache_range(ebase + offset, ebase + offset + size);
+	local_flush_icache_range(ebase + offset, ebase + offset + size);
 }
 
 static char panic_null_cerr[] __cpuinitdata =
@@ -1680,6 +1682,8 @@ void __init trap_init(void)
 	signal32_init();
 #endif
 
-	flush_icache_range(ebase, ebase + 0x400);
+	local_flush_icache_range(ebase, ebase + 0x400);
 	flush_tlb_handlers();
+
+	sort_extable(__start___dbe_table, __stop___dbe_table);
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/c-r3k.c b/arch/mips/mm/c-r3k.c
index 27a5b466c85c..5500c20c79ae 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/c-r3k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/c-r3k.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ void __cpuinit r3k_cache_init(void)
 	flush_cache_range = r3k_flush_cache_range;
 	flush_cache_page = r3k_flush_cache_page;
 	flush_icache_range = r3k_flush_icache_range;
+	local_flush_icache_range = r3k_flush_icache_range;
 
 	flush_cache_sigtramp = r3k_flush_cache_sigtramp;
 	local_flush_data_cache_page = local_r3k_flush_data_cache_page;
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
index 71df3390c07b..6e99665ae860 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
@@ -543,12 +543,8 @@ struct flush_icache_range_args {
 	unsigned long end;
 };
 
-static inline void local_r4k_flush_icache_range(void *args)
+static inline void local_r4k_flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	struct flush_icache_range_args *fir_args = args;
-	unsigned long start = fir_args->start;
-	unsigned long end = fir_args->end;
-
 	if (!cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc) {
 		if (end - start >= dcache_size) {
 			r4k_blast_dcache();
@@ -564,6 +560,15 @@ static inline void local_r4k_flush_icache_range(void *args)
 		protected_blast_icache_range(start, end);
 }
 
+static inline void local_r4k_flush_icache_range_ipi(void *args)
+{
+	struct flush_icache_range_args *fir_args = args;
+	unsigned long start = fir_args->start;
+	unsigned long end = fir_args->end;
+
+	local_r4k_flush_icache_range(start, end);
+}
+
 static void r4k_flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct flush_icache_range_args args;
@@ -571,7 +576,7 @@ static void r4k_flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 	args.start = start;
 	args.end = end;
 
-	r4k_on_each_cpu(local_r4k_flush_icache_range, &args, 1);
+	r4k_on_each_cpu(local_r4k_flush_icache_range_ipi, &args, 1);
 	instruction_hazard();
 }
 
@@ -1375,6 +1380,7 @@ void __cpuinit r4k_cache_init(void)
 	local_flush_data_cache_page	= local_r4k_flush_data_cache_page;
 	flush_data_cache_page	= r4k_flush_data_cache_page;
 	flush_icache_range	= r4k_flush_icache_range;
+	local_flush_icache_range	= local_r4k_flush_icache_range;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DMA_NONCOHERENT)
 	if (coherentio) {
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/c-tx39.c b/arch/mips/mm/c-tx39.c
index a9f7f1f5e9b4..f7c8f9ce39c1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/c-tx39.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/c-tx39.c
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ void __cpuinit tx39_cache_init(void)
 		flush_cache_range	= (void *) tx39h_flush_icache_all;
 		flush_cache_page	= (void *) tx39h_flush_icache_all;
 		flush_icache_range	= (void *) tx39h_flush_icache_all;
+		local_flush_icache_range = (void *) tx39h_flush_icache_all;
 
 		flush_cache_sigtramp	= (void *) tx39h_flush_icache_all;
 		local_flush_data_cache_page	= (void *) tx39h_flush_icache_all;
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ void __cpuinit tx39_cache_init(void)
 		flush_cache_range = tx39_flush_cache_range;
 		flush_cache_page = tx39_flush_cache_page;
 		flush_icache_range = tx39_flush_icache_range;
+		local_flush_icache_range = tx39_flush_icache_range;
 
 		flush_cache_sigtramp = tx39_flush_cache_sigtramp;
 		local_flush_data_cache_page = local_tx39_flush_data_cache_page;
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
index 034e8506f6ea..1eb7c71e3d6a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ void (*flush_cache_range)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 void (*flush_cache_page)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long page,
 	unsigned long pfn);
 void (*flush_icache_range)(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
+void (*local_flush_icache_range)(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 
 void (*__flush_cache_vmap)(void);
 void (*__flush_cache_vunmap)(void);
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c b/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
index 76da73a5ab3c..979cf9197282 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
@@ -1273,10 +1273,10 @@ void __cpuinit build_tlb_refill_handler(void)
 
 void __cpuinit flush_tlb_handlers(void)
 {
-	flush_icache_range((unsigned long)handle_tlbl,
+	local_flush_icache_range((unsigned long)handle_tlbl,
 			   (unsigned long)handle_tlbl + sizeof(handle_tlbl));
-	flush_icache_range((unsigned long)handle_tlbs,
+	local_flush_icache_range((unsigned long)handle_tlbs,
 			   (unsigned long)handle_tlbs + sizeof(handle_tlbs));
-	flush_icache_range((unsigned long)handle_tlbm,
+	local_flush_icache_range((unsigned long)handle_tlbm,
 			   (unsigned long)handle_tlbm + sizeof(handle_tlbm));
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/txx9/generic/setup.c b/arch/mips/txx9/generic/setup.c
index 0afe94c48fb6..fe6bee09cece 100644
--- a/arch/mips/txx9/generic/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/txx9/generic/setup.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ txx9_reg_res_init(unsigned int pcode, unsigned long base, unsigned long size)
 		txx9_ce_res[i].name = txx9_ce_res_name[i];
 	}
 
+	txx9_pcode = pcode;
 	sprintf(txx9_pcode_str, "TX%x", pcode);
 	if (base) {
 		txx9_reg_res.start = base & 0xfffffffffULL;
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/cacheflush.h b/include/asm-mips/cacheflush.h
index d5c0f2fda51b..03b1d69b142f 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/cacheflush.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/cacheflush.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static inline void flush_icache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 
 extern void (*flush_icache_range)(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
+extern void (*local_flush_icache_range)(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 
 extern void (*__flush_cache_vmap)(void);