diff --git a/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c b/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c
index df7acea..4674f1e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ar7/platform.c
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@
 	uart_port.type		= PORT_AR7;
 	uart_port.uartclk	= clk_get_rate(bus_clk) / 2;
 	uart_port.iotype	= UPIO_MEM32;
+	uart_port.flags		= UPF_FIXED_TYPE;
 	uart_port.regshift	= 2;
 
 	uart_port.line		= 0;
@@ -653,6 +654,10 @@
 	u32 val;
 	int res;
 
+	res = ar7_gpio_init();
+	if (res)
+		pr_warn("unable to register gpios: %d\n", res);
+
 	res = ar7_register_uarts();
 	if (res)
 		pr_err("unable to setup uart(s): %d\n", res);
diff --git a/arch/mips/ar7/prom.c b/arch/mips/ar7/prom.c
index 4fd8333..dd53987 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ar7/prom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ar7/prom.c
@@ -246,8 +246,6 @@
 	ar7_init_cmdline(fw_arg0, (char **)fw_arg1);
 	ar7_init_env((struct env_var *)fw_arg2);
 	console_config();
-
-	ar7_gpio_init();
 }
 
 #define PORT(offset) (KSEG1ADDR(AR7_REGS_UART0 + (offset * 4)))
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
index 406072e..87dcac2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp-bmips.c
@@ -591,11 +591,11 @@
 
 		/* Flush and enable RAC */
 		cfg = __raw_readl(cbr + BMIPS_RAC_CONFIG);
-		__raw_writel(cfg | 0x100, BMIPS_RAC_CONFIG);
+		__raw_writel(cfg | 0x100, cbr + BMIPS_RAC_CONFIG);
 		__raw_readl(cbr + BMIPS_RAC_CONFIG);
 
 		cfg = __raw_readl(cbr + BMIPS_RAC_CONFIG);
-		__raw_writel(cfg | 0xf, BMIPS_RAC_CONFIG);
+		__raw_writel(cfg | 0xf, cbr + BMIPS_RAC_CONFIG);
 		__raw_readl(cbr + BMIPS_RAC_CONFIG);
 
 		cfg = __raw_readl(cbr + BMIPS_RAC_ADDRESS_RANGE);