diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/processor.h
index f7dd895b2353e0510a7199896030c8527695c130..0c14018d1c2601a63a92b2f29be1270d9919220c 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -187,15 +187,18 @@ struct thread_struct {
 
 /* Clearing a0 terminates the backtrace. */
 #define start_thread(regs, new_pc, new_sp) \
-	memset(regs, 0, sizeof(*regs)); \
-	regs->pc = new_pc; \
-	regs->ps = USER_PS_VALUE; \
-	regs->areg[1] = new_sp; \
-	regs->areg[0] = 0; \
-	regs->wmask = 1; \
-	regs->depc = 0; \
-	regs->windowbase = 0; \
-	regs->windowstart = 1;
+	do { \
+		memset((regs), 0, sizeof(*(regs))); \
+		(regs)->pc = (new_pc); \
+		(regs)->ps = USER_PS_VALUE; \
+		(regs)->areg[1] = (new_sp); \
+		(regs)->areg[0] = 0; \
+		(regs)->wmask = 1; \
+		(regs)->depc = 0; \
+		(regs)->windowbase = 0; \
+		(regs)->windowstart = 1; \
+		(regs)->syscall = NO_SYSCALL; \
+	} while (0)
 
 /* Forward declaration */
 struct task_struct;
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S
index e50f5124dc6f789c7457cb3b296d67f2b5cc76e1..e54af8b7e0f8c314830ae1ae5244f86af19a1682 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1860,6 +1860,8 @@ ENTRY(system_call)
 	l32i	a7, a2, PT_SYSCALL
 
 1:
+	s32i	a7, a1, 4
+
 	/* syscall = sys_call_table[syscall_nr] */
 
 	movi	a4, sys_call_table
@@ -1893,8 +1895,12 @@ ENTRY(system_call)
 	retw
 
 1:
+	l32i	a4, a1, 4
+	l32i	a3, a2, PT_SYSCALL
+	s32i	a4, a2, PT_SYSCALL
 	mov	a6, a2
 	call4	do_syscall_trace_leave
+	s32i	a3, a2, PT_SYSCALL
 	retw
 
 ENDPROC(system_call)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/stacktrace.c
index 174c11f13bba375472f77a02eca75b1408d5e2de..b9f82510c65019506ffb98f3f23ac494f7285efa 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -253,10 +253,14 @@ static int return_address_cb(struct stackframe *frame, void *data)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * level == 0 is for the return address from the caller of this function,
+ * not from this function itself.
+ */
 unsigned long return_address(unsigned level)
 {
 	struct return_addr_data r = {
-		.skip = level + 1,
+		.skip = level,
 	};
 	walk_stackframe(stack_pointer(NULL), return_address_cb, &r);
 	return r.addr;
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c b/arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c
index 2fb7d117222840da05f44cf7eed39348d27502e5..03678c4afc39b9e4ee94a3666b7ef630ad246d05 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static void * __init init_pmd(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long n_pages)
 
 	pte = memblock_alloc_low(n_pages * sizeof(pte_t), PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (!pte)
-		panic("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes align=%lx\n",
+		panic("%s: Failed to allocate %lu bytes align=%lx\n",
 		      __func__, n_pages * sizeof(pte_t), PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n_pages; ++i)