diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst b/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
index f127666ea3a8..e5dad2e40aa8 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ The number of bits that the PAC occupies in a pointer is 55 minus the
 virtual address size configured by the kernel. For example, with a
 virtual address size of 48, the PAC is 7 bits wide.
 
-Recent versions of GCC can compile code with APIAKey-based return
-address protection when passed the -msign-return-address option. This
-uses instructions in the HINT space (unless -march=armv8.3-a or higher
-is also passed), and such code can run on systems without the pointer
-authentication extension.
+When ARM64_PTR_AUTH_KERNEL is selected, the kernel will be compiled
+with HINT space pointer authentication instructions protecting
+function returns. Kernels built with this option will work on hardware
+with or without pointer authentication support.
 
 In addition to exec(), keys can also be reinitialized to random values
 using the PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS prctl. A bitmask of PR_PAC_APIAKEY,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-ftrace.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-ftrace.S
index b3e4f9a088b1..8cf970d219f5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-ftrace.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-ftrace.S
@@ -77,11 +77,17 @@
 	.endm
 
 SYM_CODE_START(ftrace_regs_caller)
+#ifdef BTI_C
+	BTI_C
+#endif
 	ftrace_regs_entry	1
 	b	ftrace_common
 SYM_CODE_END(ftrace_regs_caller)
 
 SYM_CODE_START(ftrace_caller)
+#ifdef BTI_C
+	BTI_C
+#endif
 	ftrace_regs_entry	0
 	b	ftrace_common
 SYM_CODE_END(ftrace_caller)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index 1038494135c8..6fb31c117ebe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int machine_kexec_post_load(struct kimage *kimage)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 	kimage->arch.ttbr1 = __pa(trans_pgd);
-	kimage->arch.zero_page = __pa(empty_zero_page);
+	kimage->arch.zero_page = __pa_symbol(empty_zero_page);
 
 	reloc_size = __relocate_new_kernel_end - __relocate_new_kernel_start;
 	memcpy(reloc_code, __relocate_new_kernel_start, reloc_size);