diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
index 0345f43d34f3..fc3c91fd20f7 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_read_simdisk(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct simdisk *dev = PDE_DATA(file_inode(file));
-	char *s = dev->filename;
+	const char *s = dev->filename;
 	if (s) {
 		ssize_t n = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, size, ppos,
 							s, strlen(s));
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_write_simdisk(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 
 	if (tmp == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (copy_from_user(tmp, buffer, count)) {
+	if (copy_from_user(tmp, buf, count)) {
 		err = -EFAULT;
 		goto out_free;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c b/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c
index 6a160539cd23..09fe622274e4 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c
@@ -232,17 +232,10 @@ int ecryptfs_read_lower(char *data, loff_t offset, size_t size,
 			struct inode *ecryptfs_inode)
 {
 	struct file *lower_file;
-	mm_segment_t fs_save;
-	ssize_t rc;
-
 	lower_file = ecryptfs_inode_to_private(ecryptfs_inode)->lower_file;
 	if (!lower_file)
 		return -EIO;
-	fs_save = get_fs();
-	set_fs(get_ds());
-	rc = vfs_read(lower_file, data, size, &offset);
-	set_fs(fs_save);
-	return rc;
+	return kernel_read(lower_file, offset, data, size);
 }
 
 /**