diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/arc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 72f97822784a..eb1c2ee5eaf0 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ static void __kprobes save_previous_kprobe(struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb)
 
 static void __kprobes restore_previous_kprobe(struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb)
 {
-	__get_cpu_var(current_kprobe) = kcb->prev_kprobe.kp;
+	__this_cpu_write(current_kprobe, kcb->prev_kprobe.kp);
 	kcb->kprobe_status = kcb->prev_kprobe.status;
 }
 
 static inline void __kprobes set_current_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
-	__get_cpu_var(current_kprobe) = p;
+	__this_cpu_write(current_kprobe, p);
 }
 
 static void __kprobes resume_execution(struct kprobe *p, unsigned long addr,
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ int __kprobes arc_kprobe_handler(unsigned long addr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 		return 1;
 	} else if (kprobe_running()) {
-		p = __get_cpu_var(current_kprobe);
+		p = __this_cpu_read(current_kprobe);
 		if (p->break_handler && p->break_handler(p, regs)) {
 			setup_singlestep(p, regs);
 			kcb->kprobe_status = KPROBE_HIT_SS;
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
index 3fde7de3ea67..4c21dde2f6a9 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/time.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct clock_event_device, arc_clockevent_device) = {
 
 static irqreturn_t timer_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
-	struct clock_event_device *clk = &__get_cpu_var(arc_clockevent_device);
+	struct clock_event_device *clk = this_cpu_ptr(&arc_clockevent_device);
 
 	arc_timer_event_ack(clk->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_PERIODIC);
 	clk->event_handler(clk);