diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
index 92828a1dec80..b48dd4f37f80 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ work_pending:
 	movlt	scno, #(__NR_restart_syscall - __NR_SYSCALL_BASE)
 	ldmia	sp, {r0 - r6}			@ have to reload r0 - r6
 	b	local_restart			@ ... and off we go
+ENDPROC(ret_fast_syscall)
 
 /*
  * "slow" syscall return path.  "why" tells us if this was a real syscall.
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
index bd755d97e459..29e2991465cb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ ENTRY(secondary_startup)
 	sub	lr, r4, r5			@ mmu has been enabled
 	add	r3, r7, lr
 	ldrd	r4, [r3, #0]			@ get secondary_data.pgdir
+ARM_BE8(eor	r4, r4, r5)			@ Swap r5 and r4 in BE:
+ARM_BE8(eor	r5, r4, r5)			@ it can be done in 3 steps
+ARM_BE8(eor	r4, r4, r5)			@ without using a temp reg.
 	ldr	r8, [r3, #8]			@ get secondary_data.swapper_pg_dir
 	badr	lr, __enable_mmu		@ return address
 	mov	r13, r12			@ __secondary_switched address
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
index efe17dd9b921..54a5aeab988d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ static bool tk_is_cntvct(const struct timekeeper *tk)
  */
 void update_vsyscall(struct timekeeper *tk)
 {
-	struct timespec xtime_coarse;
 	struct timespec64 *wtm = &tk->wall_to_monotonic;
 
 	if (!cntvct_ok) {
@@ -308,10 +307,10 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timekeeper *tk)
 
 	vdso_write_begin(vdso_data);
 
-	xtime_coarse = __current_kernel_time();
 	vdso_data->tk_is_cntvct			= tk_is_cntvct(tk);
-	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_sec		= xtime_coarse.tv_sec;
-	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_nsec		= xtime_coarse.tv_nsec;
+	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_sec		= tk->xtime_sec;
+	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_nsec		= (u32)(tk->tkr_mono.xtime_nsec >>
+							tk->tkr_mono.shift);
 	vdso_data->wtm_clock_sec		= wtm->tv_sec;
 	vdso_data->wtm_clock_nsec		= wtm->tv_nsec;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm/vdso/Makefile
index 9d259d94e429..1160434eece0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/vdso/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ VDSO_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,max-page-size=4096 -Wl,-z,common-page-size=4096
 VDSO_LDFLAGS += -nostdlib -shared
 VDSO_LDFLAGS += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv)
 VDSO_LDFLAGS += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--build-id)
-VDSO_LDFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fuse-ld=bfd)
+VDSO_LDFLAGS += $(call cc-ldoption, -fuse-ld=bfd)
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_VDSO) += vdso.o
 extra-$(CONFIG_VDSO) += vdso.lds