diff --git a/kernel/sched/cputime.c b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
index dac9104d126f..ff9435dee1df 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cputime.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
@@ -1003,12 +1003,12 @@ u64 kcpustat_field(struct kernel_cpustat *kcpustat,
 		   enum cpu_usage_stat usage, int cpu)
 {
 	u64 *cpustat = kcpustat->cpustat;
+	u64 val = cpustat[usage];
 	struct rq *rq;
-	u64 val;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!vtime_accounting_enabled_cpu(cpu))
-		return cpustat[usage];
+		return val;
 
 	rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/isolation.c b/kernel/sched/isolation.c
index 008d6ac2342b..808244f3ddd9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/isolation.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/isolation.c
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ __setup("nohz_full=", housekeeping_nohz_full_setup);
 static int __init housekeeping_isolcpus_setup(char *str)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = 0;
+	bool illegal = false;
+	char *par;
+	int len;
 
 	while (isalpha(*str)) {
 		if (!strncmp(str, "nohz,", 5)) {
@@ -169,8 +172,22 @@ static int __init housekeeping_isolcpus_setup(char *str)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		pr_warn("isolcpus: Error, unknown flag\n");
-		return 0;
+		/*
+		 * Skip unknown sub-parameter and validate that it is not
+		 * containing an invalid character.
+		 */
+		for (par = str, len = 0; *str && *str != ','; str++, len++) {
+			if (!isalpha(*str) && *str != '_')
+				illegal = true;
+		}
+
+		if (illegal) {
+			pr_warn("isolcpus: Invalid flag %.*s\n", len, par);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		pr_info("isolcpus: Skipped unknown flag %.*s\n", len, par);
+		str++;
 	}
 
 	/* Default behaviour for isolcpus without flags */