diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 6e93e7f98358..61190f6b4829 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1658,10 +1658,8 @@ void cpufreq_suspend(void)
 	if (!cpufreq_driver)
 		return;
 
-	cpufreq_suspended = true;
-
 	if (!has_target())
-		return;
+		goto suspend;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: Suspending Governors\n", __func__);
 
@@ -1674,6 +1672,9 @@ void cpufreq_suspend(void)
 			pr_err("%s: Failed to suspend driver: %p\n", __func__,
 				policy);
 	}
+
+suspend:
+	cpufreq_suspended = true;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/integrator-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/integrator-cpufreq.c
index c1320528b9d0..6bd69adc3c5e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/integrator-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/integrator-cpufreq.c
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ static int __init integrator_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return cpufreq_register_driver(&integrator_driver);
 }
 
-static void __exit integrator_cpufreq_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int __exit integrator_cpufreq_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	cpufreq_unregister_driver(&integrator_driver);
+	return cpufreq_unregister_driver(&integrator_driver);
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id integrator_cpufreq_match[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
index 728a2d879499..4d2c8e861089 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ static int pcc_cpufreq_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	u32 input_buffer;
 	int cpu;
 
-	spin_lock(&pcc_lock);
 	cpu = policy->cpu;
 	pcc_cpu_data = per_cpu_ptr(pcc_cpu_info, cpu);
 
@@ -216,6 +215,7 @@ static int pcc_cpufreq_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	freqs.old = policy->cur;
 	freqs.new = target_freq;
 	cpufreq_freq_transition_begin(policy, &freqs);
+	spin_lock(&pcc_lock);
 
 	input_buffer = 0x1 | (((target_freq * 100)
 			       / (ioread32(&pcch_hdr->nominal) * 1000)) << 8);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
index ca52ad2ae7d1..d8de1d5140a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_opregion.c
@@ -396,6 +396,16 @@ int intel_opregion_notify_adapter(struct drm_device *dev, pci_power_t state)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If the vendor backlight interface is not in use and ACPI backlight interface
+ * is broken, do not bother processing backlight change requests from firmware.
+ */
+static bool should_ignore_backlight_request(void)
+{
+	return acpi_video_backlight_support() &&
+	       !acpi_video_verify_backlight_support();
+}
+
 static u32 asle_set_backlight(struct drm_device *dev, u32 bclp)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
@@ -404,11 +414,7 @@ static u32 asle_set_backlight(struct drm_device *dev, u32 bclp)
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("bclp = 0x%08x\n", bclp);
 
-	/*
-	 * If the acpi_video interface is not supposed to be used, don't
-	 * bother processing backlight level change requests from firmware.
-	 */
-	if (!acpi_video_verify_backlight_support()) {
+	if (should_ignore_backlight_request()) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("opregion backlight request ignored\n");
 		return 0;
 	}