diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/it87.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/it87.c
index bf91307a0bb2..8988f4fa9169 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/it87.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/it87.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ static ssize_t show_alarms(struct device *dev, char *buf)
 	struct it87_data *data = it87_update_device(dev);
 	return sprintf(buf,"%d\n", ALARMS_FROM_REG(data->alarms));
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO, show_alarms, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_alarms, NULL);
 
 static ssize_t
 show_vrm_reg(struct device *dev, char *buf)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/via686a.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/via686a.c
index a49dc222b721..cacc2578fa04 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/via686a.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/via686a.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static ssize_t show_alarms(struct device *dev, char *buf) {
 	struct via686a_data *data = via686a_update_device(dev);
 	return sprintf(buf,"%d\n", ALARMS_FROM_REG(data->alarms));
 }
-static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO, show_alarms, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(alarms, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_alarms, NULL);
 
 /* The driver. I choose to use type i2c_driver, as at is identical to both
    smbus_driver and isa_driver, and clients could be of either kind */
diff --git a/fs/partitions/msdos.c b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
index 17ee1b4ff087..584a27b2bbd5 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/msdos.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ parse_extended(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev,
 		 */
 		for (i=0; i<4; i++, p++) {
 			u32 offs, size, next;
-
-			if (SYS_IND(p) == 0)
-				continue;
 			if (!NR_SECTS(p) || is_extended_partition(p))
 				continue;
 
@@ -433,8 +430,6 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
 	for (slot = 1 ; slot <= 4 ; slot++, p++) {
 		u32 start = START_SECT(p)*sector_size;
 		u32 size = NR_SECTS(p)*sector_size;
-		if (SYS_IND(p) == 0)
-			continue;
 		if (!size)
 			continue;
 		if (is_extended_partition(p)) {