diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c
index a97e3fe..04be9f82 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 		jiffies, expires);
 
 	timer->expires = jiffies + expires;
-	timer->data = (unsigned long)&alg_data;
+	timer->data = (unsigned long)alg_data;
 
 	add_timer(timer);
 }
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index bc0ac6b..dfd6019 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@
 	return string(buf, end, uuid, spec);
 }
 
-int kptr_restrict = 1;
+int kptr_restrict __read_mostly;
 
 /*
  * Show a '%p' thing.  A kernel extension is that the '%p' is followed