diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c
index d36aeacb290e..a395e2e70dc5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c
@@ -399,15 +399,15 @@ static int bt_bmc_config_irq(struct bt_bmc *bt_bmc,
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	int rc;
 
-	bt_bmc->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (!bt_bmc->irq)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	bt_bmc->irq = platform_get_irq_optional(pdev, 0);
+	if (bt_bmc->irq < 0)
+		return bt_bmc->irq;
 
 	rc = devm_request_irq(dev, bt_bmc->irq, bt_bmc_irq, IRQF_SHARED,
 			      DEVICE_NAME, bt_bmc);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		dev_warn(dev, "Unable to request IRQ %d\n", bt_bmc->irq);
-		bt_bmc->irq = 0;
+		bt_bmc->irq = rc;
 		return rc;
 	}
 
@@ -430,9 +430,6 @@ static int bt_bmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device *dev;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!pdev || !pdev->dev.of_node)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	dev = &pdev->dev;
 	dev_info(dev, "Found bt bmc device\n");
 
@@ -466,9 +463,9 @@ static int bt_bmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&bt_bmc->queue);
 
 	bt_bmc->miscdev.minor	= MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
-		bt_bmc->miscdev.name	= DEVICE_NAME,
-		bt_bmc->miscdev.fops	= &bt_bmc_fops,
-		bt_bmc->miscdev.parent = dev;
+	bt_bmc->miscdev.name	= DEVICE_NAME,
+	bt_bmc->miscdev.fops	= &bt_bmc_fops,
+	bt_bmc->miscdev.parent = dev;
 	rc = misc_register(&bt_bmc->miscdev);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Unable to register misc device\n");
@@ -477,7 +474,7 @@ static int bt_bmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	bt_bmc_config_irq(bt_bmc, pdev);
 
-	if (bt_bmc->irq) {
+	if (bt_bmc->irq >= 0) {
 		dev_info(dev, "Using IRQ %d\n", bt_bmc->irq);
 	} else {
 		dev_info(dev, "No IRQ; using timer\n");
@@ -503,7 +500,7 @@ static int bt_bmc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct bt_bmc *bt_bmc = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
 
 	misc_deregister(&bt_bmc->miscdev);
-	if (!bt_bmc->irq)
+	if (bt_bmc->irq < 0)
 		del_timer_sync(&bt_bmc->poll_timer);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index c48d8f086382..e1b22fe0916c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/nospec.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
 #define IPMI_DRIVER_VERSION "39.2"
 
@@ -1153,7 +1154,7 @@ static void free_user_work(struct work_struct *work)
 					      remove_work);
 
 	cleanup_srcu_struct(&user->release_barrier);
-	kfree(user);
+	vfree(user);
 }
 
 int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int          if_num,
@@ -1185,7 +1186,7 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int          if_num,
 	if (rv)
 		return rv;
 
-	new_user = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_user), GFP_KERNEL);
+	new_user = vzalloc(sizeof(*new_user));
 	if (!new_user)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1232,7 +1233,7 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int          if_num,
 
 out_kfree:
 	srcu_read_unlock(&ipmi_interfaces_srcu, index);
-	kfree(new_user);
+	vfree(new_user);
 	return rv;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipmi_create_user);
@@ -3171,7 +3172,7 @@ static void guid_handler(struct ipmi_smi *intf, struct ipmi_recv_msg *msg)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	guid_copy(&bmc->fetch_guid, (guid_t *)(msg->msg.data + 1));
+	import_guid(&bmc->fetch_guid, msg->msg.data + 1);
 	/*
 	 * Make sure the guid data is available before setting
 	 * dyn_guid_set.
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_platform.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_platform.c
index 638c693e17ad..129b5713f187 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_platform.c
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ static int acpi_ipmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dev_info(io.dev, "%pR regsize %d spacing %d irq %d\n",
 		 res, io.regsize, io.regspacing, io.irq);
 
+	request_module("acpi_ipmi");
+
 	return ipmi_si_add_smi(&io);
 
 err_free:
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index 2704470e021d..198b65d45c5e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ struct ssif_addr_info {
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 
-	struct i2c_client *added_client;
-
 	struct mutex clients_mutex;
 	struct list_head clients;
 
@@ -1472,6 +1470,7 @@ static bool check_acpi(struct ssif_info *ssif_info, struct device *dev)
 	if (acpi_handle) {
 		ssif_info->addr_source = SI_ACPI;
 		ssif_info->addr_info.acpi_info.acpi_handle = acpi_handle;
+		request_module("acpi_ipmi");
 		return true;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -1940,21 +1939,6 @@ out_remove_attr:
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static int ssif_adapter_handler(struct device *adev, void *opaque)
-{
-	struct ssif_addr_info *addr_info = opaque;
-
-	if (adev->type != &i2c_adapter_type)
-		return 0;
-
-	addr_info->added_client = i2c_new_client_device(to_i2c_adapter(adev),
-							&addr_info->binfo);
-
-	if (!addr_info->adapter_name)
-		return 1; /* Only try the first I2C adapter by default. */
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int new_ssif_client(int addr, char *adapter_name,
 			   int debug, int slave_addr,
 			   enum ipmi_addr_src addr_src,
@@ -1998,9 +1982,7 @@ static int new_ssif_client(int addr, char *adapter_name,
 
 	list_add_tail(&addr_info->link, &ssif_infos);
 
-	if (initialized)
-		i2c_for_each_dev(addr_info, ssif_adapter_handler);
-	/* Otherwise address list will get it */
+	/* Address list will get it */
 
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ssif_infos_mutex);
@@ -2120,8 +2102,6 @@ static int ssif_platform_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 		return 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ssif_infos_mutex);
-	i2c_unregister_device(addr_info->added_client);
-
 	list_del(&addr_info->link);
 	kfree(addr_info);
 	mutex_unlock(&ssif_infos_mutex);