diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
index 066e253f9c12..2c216ffeea90 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ void default_idle(void)
  */
 void cpu_idle(void)
 {
-	if (current->pid != 0)
-		goto out;
-
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
 	for (;;) {
 		if (ARCH_SUN4C_SUN4) {
@@ -126,8 +123,6 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 		schedule();
 		check_pgt_cache();
 	}
-out:
-	return;
 }
 
 #else
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
index 26d3ec41da1c..a0cd2b2494d6 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ void default_idle(void)
  */
 void cpu_idle(void)
 {
-	if (current->pid != 0)
-		return;
-
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
 	for (;;) {
 		/* If current->work.need_resched is zero we should really
@@ -80,7 +77,6 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 		schedule();
 		check_pgt_cache();
 	}
-	return;
 }
 
 #else
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
index cad5a1122800..e78cc53594fa 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sparc64_ksyms.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(verify_compat_iovec);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_thread);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_fpu);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pte_alloc_one_kernel);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pte_alloc_one_kernel);
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pgt_quicklists);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
index db6fa77b4dab..9c5222075da9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ struct pgtable_cache_struct pgt_quicklists;
 #else
 #define DC_ALIAS_SHIFT	0
 #endif
-pte_t *__pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
+pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned long color;
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/pgalloc.h b/include/asm-sparc64/pgalloc.h
index 2c28e1f605b7..b9b1914aae63 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/pgalloc.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/pgalloc.h
@@ -122,17 +122,12 @@ static __inline__ void free_pmd_slow(pmd_t *pmd)
 #define pmd_populate(MM,PMD,PTE_PAGE)		\
 	pmd_populate_kernel(MM,PMD,page_address(PTE_PAGE))
 
-extern pte_t *__pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address);
-
-static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
-{
-	return __pte_alloc_one_kernel(mm, address);
-}
+extern pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address);
 
 static inline struct page *
 pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	pte_t *pte = __pte_alloc_one_kernel(mm, addr);
+	pte_t *pte = pte_alloc_one_kernel(mm, addr);
 
 	if (pte)
 		return virt_to_page(pte);