diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c
index ff0b199be4729757743bbd72bff2fc61a842d291..f2411468f33ff44707e45ab34cd359d2c3b5a0f0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ static void __init dmi_add_platform_ipmi(unsigned long base_addr,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	memset(&p, 0, sizeof(p));
 	p.addr = base_addr;
 	p.space = space;
 	p.regspacing = offset;
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index e8ba678347466db181a08768158e56930090aa7b..00bf4b17edbfafb5c9d25cb524f35e8d59c7a074 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ struct ipmi_user {
 
 	/* Does this interface receive IPMI events? */
 	bool gets_events;
+
+	/* Free must run in process context for RCU cleanup. */
+	struct work_struct remove_work;
 };
 
 static struct ipmi_user *acquire_ipmi_user(struct ipmi_user *user, int *index)
@@ -1157,6 +1160,15 @@ static int intf_err_seq(struct ipmi_smi *intf,
 	return rv;
 }
 
+static void free_user_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ipmi_user *user = container_of(work, struct ipmi_user,
+					      remove_work);
+
+	cleanup_srcu_struct(&user->release_barrier);
+	kfree(user);
+}
+
 int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int          if_num,
 		     const struct ipmi_user_hndl *handler,
 		     void                  *handler_data,
@@ -1200,6 +1212,8 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int          if_num,
 	goto out_kfree;
 
  found:
+	INIT_WORK(&new_user->remove_work, free_user_work);
+
 	rv = init_srcu_struct(&new_user->release_barrier);
 	if (rv)
 		goto out_kfree;
@@ -1260,8 +1274,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipmi_get_smi_info);
 static void free_user(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct ipmi_user *user = container_of(ref, struct ipmi_user, refcount);
-	cleanup_srcu_struct(&user->release_barrier);
-	kfree(user);
+
+	/* SRCU cleanup must happen in task context. */
+	schedule_work(&user->remove_work);
 }
 
 static void _ipmi_destroy_user(struct ipmi_user *user)
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_hardcode.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_hardcode.c
index 01946cad3d1381ba7eed020544c775ed9a6e3f5f..682221eebd66101cb67b04e2ac979ab7caeae51c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_hardcode.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_hardcode.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ void __init ipmi_hardcode_init(void)
 	char *str;
 	char *si_type[SI_MAX_PARMS];
 
+	memset(si_type, 0, sizeof(si_type));
+
 	/* Parse out the si_type string into its components. */
 	str = si_type_str;
 	if (*str != '\0') {