diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
index 292f587fccdd..bc281f10ce4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ at module load time (for a module) with::
 	slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
 	tryacpi=[0|1] trydmi=[0|1]
 	[dbg_probe=1]
+	alerts_broken
 
 The addresses are normal I2C addresses.  The adapter is the string
 name of the adapter, as shown in /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-<n>/name.
@@ -537,6 +538,9 @@ The slave_addrs specifies the IPMI address of the local BMC.  This is
 usually 0x20 and the driver defaults to that, but in case it's not, it
 can be specified when the driver starts up.
 
+alerts_broken does not enable SMBus alert for SSIF. Otherwise SMBus
+alert will be enabled on supported hardware.
+
 Discovering the IPMI compliant BMC on the SMBus can cause devices on
 the I2C bus to fail. The SMBus driver writes a "Get Device ID" IPMI
 message as a block write to the I2C bus and waits for a response.
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index e1b22fe0916c..737c0b6b24ea 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -3080,8 +3080,6 @@ static int __ipmi_bmc_register(struct ipmi_smi *intf,
 	rv = sysfs_create_link(&bmc->pdev.dev.kobj, &intf->si_dev->kobj,
 			       intf->my_dev_name);
 	if (rv) {
-		kfree(intf->my_dev_name);
-		intf->my_dev_name = NULL;
 		dev_err(intf->si_dev, "Unable to create symlink to bmc: %d\n",
 			rv);
 		goto out_free_my_dev_name;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index 198b65d45c5e..0416b9c9d410 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
  * and drives the real SSIF state machine.
  */
 
-/*
- * TODO: Figure out how to use SMB alerts.  This will require a new
- * interface into the I2C driver, I believe.
- */
-
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) "ipmi_ssif: " fmt
 #define dev_fmt(fmt) "ipmi_ssif: " fmt
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
index 55986e10a124..f78156d93c3f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
@@ -232,12 +232,17 @@ static int set_param_str(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 static int get_param_str(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	action_fn fn = (action_fn) kp->arg;
-	int       rv;
+	int rv, len;
 
 	rv = fn(NULL, buffer);
 	if (rv)
 		return rv;
-	return strlen(buffer);
+
+	len = strlen(buffer);
+	buffer[len++] = '\n';
+	buffer[len] = 0;
+
+	return len;
 }