diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index 366baa179913..f4c538b681ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
 		return UCODE_NFOUND;
 	}
 
+	if (*(u32 *)firmware->data != UCODE_MAGIC) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: invalid UCODE_MAGIC (0x%08x)\n",
+		       *(u32 *)firmware->data);
+		return UCODE_ERROR;
+	}
+
 	ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, firmware->data, firmware->size);
 
 	release_firmware(firmware);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index e09f0e2c14b5..2a34f9c5be21 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -659,6 +659,13 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata bad_bios_dmi_table[] = {
 			DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR, "Phoenix Technologies"),
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		.callback = dmi_low_memory_corruption,
+		.ident = "Phoenix/MSC BIOS",
+		.matches = {
+			DMI_MATCH(DMI_BIOS_VENDOR, "Phoenix/MSC"),
+		},
+	},
 	{
 	/*
 	 * AMI BIOS with low memory corruption was found on Intel DG45ID board.
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c b/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
index 334e63ca7b2b..2feb9bdedaaf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@ static void __iomem *__ioremap_caller(resource_size_t phys_addr,
 				(unsigned long long)phys_addr,
 				(unsigned long long)(phys_addr + size),
 				prot_val, new_prot_val);
-			free_memtype(phys_addr, phys_addr + size);
-			return NULL;
+			goto err_free_memtype;
 		}
 		prot_val = new_prot_val;
 	}
@@ -197,26 +196,25 @@ static void __iomem *__ioremap_caller(resource_size_t phys_addr,
 	 */
 	area = get_vm_area_caller(size, VM_IOREMAP, caller);
 	if (!area)
-		return NULL;
+		goto err_free_memtype;
 	area->phys_addr = phys_addr;
 	vaddr = (unsigned long) area->addr;
 
-	if (kernel_map_sync_memtype(phys_addr, size, prot_val)) {
-		free_memtype(phys_addr, phys_addr + size);
-		free_vm_area(area);
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	if (kernel_map_sync_memtype(phys_addr, size, prot_val))
+		goto err_free_area;
 
-	if (ioremap_page_range(vaddr, vaddr + size, phys_addr, prot)) {
-		free_memtype(phys_addr, phys_addr + size);
-		free_vm_area(area);
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	if (ioremap_page_range(vaddr, vaddr + size, phys_addr, prot))
+		goto err_free_area;
 
 	ret_addr = (void __iomem *) (vaddr + offset);
 	mmiotrace_ioremap(unaligned_phys_addr, unaligned_size, ret_addr);
 
 	return ret_addr;
+err_free_area:
+	free_vm_area(area);
+err_free_memtype:
+	free_memtype(phys_addr, phys_addr + size);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /**