diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ac97cc4f7b6e..b2670517f491 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6af7e471e5a7746b8024d70b4363d3dfe41d36b8
+refs/heads/master: bf6ed027bcc93f8d54d321fe87f0434b25699eb1
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c b/trunk/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c
index 335551d333b2..14a42a1edc66 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  */
 struct ep93xx_rtc {
 	void __iomem	*mmio_base;
+	struct rtc_device *rtc;
 };
 
 static int ep93xx_rtc_get_swcomp(struct device *dev, unsigned short *preload,
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct ep93xx_rtc *ep93xx_rtc;
 	struct resource *res;
-	struct rtc_device *rtc;
 	int err;
 
 	ep93xx_rtc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*ep93xx_rtc), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
 	pdev->dev.platform_data = ep93xx_rtc;
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ep93xx_rtc);
 
-	rtc = rtc_device_register(pdev->name,
+	ep93xx_rtc->rtc = rtc_device_register(pdev->name,
 				&pdev->dev, &ep93xx_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
-	if (IS_ERR(rtc)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(rtc);
+	if (IS_ERR(ep93xx_rtc->rtc)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(ep93xx_rtc->rtc);
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
-	rtc_device_unregister(rtc);
+	rtc_device_unregister(ep93xx_rtc->rtc);
 exit:
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	pdev->dev.platform_data = NULL;
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int __exit ep93xx_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct rtc_device *rtc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct ep93xx_rtc *ep93xx_rtc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
 	sysfs_remove_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &ep93xx_rtc_sysfs_files);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-	rtc_device_unregister(rtc);
+	rtc_device_unregister(ep93xx_rtc->rtc);
 	pdev->dev.platform_data = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/trunk/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index ea5e1a928d5b..59f369f98a04 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ static int alarm_timer_create(struct k_itimer *new_timer)
 static void alarm_timer_get(struct k_itimer *timr,
 				struct itimerspec *cur_setting)
 {
-	memset(cur_setting, 0, sizeof(struct itimerspec));
-
 	cur_setting->it_interval =
 			ktime_to_timespec(timr->it.alarmtimer.period);
 	cur_setting->it_value =
@@ -481,17 +479,11 @@ static int alarm_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timr, int flags,
 	if (!rtcdev)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
-	/*
-	 * XXX HACK! Currently we can DOS a system if the interval
-	 * period on alarmtimers is too small. Cap the interval here
-	 * to 100us and solve this properly in a future patch! -jstultz
-	 */
-	if ((new_setting->it_interval.tv_sec == 0) &&
-			(new_setting->it_interval.tv_nsec < 100000))
-		new_setting->it_interval.tv_nsec = 100000;
-
-	if (old_setting)
-		alarm_timer_get(timr, old_setting);
+	/* Save old values */
+	old_setting->it_interval =
+			ktime_to_timespec(timr->it.alarmtimer.period);
+	old_setting->it_value =
+			ktime_to_timespec(timr->it.alarmtimer.node.expires);
 
 	/* If the timer was already set, cancel it */
 	alarm_cancel(&timr->it.alarmtimer);