diff --git a/arch/um/include/kern_util.h b/arch/um/include/kern_util.h
index 625ca292..715ffb5 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/kern_util.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/kern_util.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "sysdep/ptrace.h"
 #include "sysdep/faultinfo.h"
 
+extern int uml_exitcode;
+
 extern int ncpus;
 extern int kmalloc_ok;
 extern int nsyscalls;
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c b/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c
index ae31c62..fa01556 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 Jeff Dike (jdike@karaya.com)
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Jeff Dike (jdike@{addtoit,linux.intel}.com)
  * Licensed under the GPL
  */
 
@@ -20,18 +20,27 @@
 	long long size;
 	int err;
 
-	if(initrd == NULL)
+	if (initrd == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
 	err = os_file_size(initrd, &size);
-	if(err)
+	if (err)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * This is necessary because alloc_bootmem craps out if you
+	 * ask for no memory.
+	 */
+	if (size == 0) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "\"%\" is a zero-size initrd\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	area = alloc_bootmem(size);
-	if(area == NULL)
+	if (area == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	if(load_initrd(initrd, area, size) == -1)
+	if (load_initrd(initrd, area, size) == -1)
 		return 0;
 
 	initrd_start = (unsigned long) area;
@@ -58,13 +67,15 @@
 	int fd, n;
 
 	fd = os_open_file(filename, of_read(OPENFLAGS()), 0);
-	if(fd < 0){
-		printk("Opening '%s' failed - err = %d\n", filename, -fd);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Opening '%s' failed - err = %d\n", filename,
+		       -fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	n = os_read_file(fd, buf, size);
-	if(n != size){
-		printk("Read of %d bytes from '%s' failed, err = %d\n", size,
+	if (n != size) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Read of %d bytes from '%s' failed, "
+		       "err = %d\n", size,
 		       filename, -n);
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
index 9ba39ab..cb7eef8 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c
@@ -223,6 +223,23 @@
 	return;
 }
 
+static int panic_exit(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long unused1,
+		      void *unused2)
+{
+	bust_spinlocks(1);
+	show_regs(&(current->thread.regs));
+	bust_spinlocks(0);
+	uml_exitcode = 1;
+	os_dump_core();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block panic_exit_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call 		= panic_exit,
+	.next 			= NULL,
+	.priority 		= 0
+};
+
 /* Set during early boot */
 unsigned long brk_start;
 unsigned long end_iomem;
@@ -327,6 +344,9 @@
 		printf("Kernel virtual memory size shrunk to %lu bytes\n",
 		       virtmem_size);
 
+	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
+				       &panic_exit_notifier);
+
 	uml_postsetup();
 
 	stack_protections((unsigned long) &init_thread_info);
@@ -335,29 +355,8 @@
 	return start_uml();
 }
 
-extern int uml_exitcode;
-
-static int panic_exit(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long unused1,
-		      void *unused2)
-{
-	bust_spinlocks(1);
-	show_regs(&(current->thread.regs));
-	bust_spinlocks(0);
-	uml_exitcode = 1;
-	os_dump_core();
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static struct notifier_block panic_exit_notifier = {
-	.notifier_call 		= panic_exit,
-	.next 			= NULL,
-	.priority 		= 0
-};
-
 void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 {
-	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
-			&panic_exit_notifier);
 	paging_init();
 	strlcpy(boot_command_line, command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	*cmdline_p = command_line;
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c
index de664e7..abb9b0ff 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/main.c
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-extern int uml_exitcode;
-
 extern void scan_elf_aux( char **envp);
 
 int __init main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)