diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h
index 3c4bc2189092..b6242f7771e9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_32.h
@@ -50,16 +50,12 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long   fsr;
 	unsigned long   fpqdepth;
 	struct fpq	fpqueue[16];
-	unsigned long flags;
 	mm_segment_t current_ds;
 };
 
-#define SPARC_FLAG_KTHREAD      0x1    /* task is a kernel thread */
-#define SPARC_FLAG_UNALIGNED    0x2    /* is allowed to do unaligned accesses */
-
 #define INIT_THREAD  { \
-	.flags = SPARC_FLAG_KTHREAD, \
 	.current_ds = KERNEL_DS, \
+	.kregs = (struct pt_regs *)(init_stack+THREAD_SIZE)-1 \
 }
 
 /* Do necessary setup to start up a newly executed thread. */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
index 42cd4cd3892e..8047a9caab2f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 	.task		=	&tsk,			\
 	.current_ds	=	ASI_P,			\
 	.preempt_count	=	INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT,	\
+	.kregs		=	(struct pt_regs *)(init_stack+THREAD_SIZE)-1 \
 }
 
 /* how to get the thread information struct from C */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S
index be30c8d4cc73..6044b82b9767 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ continue_boot:
 
 		/* I want a kernel stack NOW! */
 		set	init_thread_union, %g1
-		set	(THREAD_SIZE - STACKFRAME_SZ), %g2
+		set	(THREAD_SIZE - STACKFRAME_SZ - TRACEREG_SZ), %g2
 		add	%g1, %g2, %sp
 		mov	0, %fp			/* And for good luck */
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
index c5ff2472b3d9..72a5bdc833ea 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ tlb_fixup_done:
 	wr	%g0, ASI_P, %asi
 	mov	1, %g1
 	sllx	%g1, THREAD_SHIFT, %g1
-	sub	%g1, (STACKFRAME_SZ + STACK_BIAS), %g1
+	sub	%g1, (STACKFRAME_SZ + STACK_BIAS + TRACEREG_SZ), %g1
 	add	%g6, %g1, %sp
 
 	/* Set per-cpu pointer initially to zero, this makes
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
index 7649b14d69f8..4dc6ee72f74c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -216,16 +216,6 @@ void flush_thread(void)
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_USEDFPU);
 #endif
 	}
-
-	/* This task is no longer a kernel thread. */
-	if (current->thread.flags & SPARC_FLAG_KTHREAD) {
-		current->thread.flags &= ~SPARC_FLAG_KTHREAD;
-
-		/* We must fixup kregs as well. */
-		/* XXX This was not fixed for ti for a while, worked. Unused? */
-		current->thread.kregs = (struct pt_regs *)
-		    (task_stack_page(current) + (THREAD_SIZE - TRACEREG_SZ));
-	}
 }
 
 static inline struct sparc_stackf __user *
@@ -313,7 +303,6 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp, unsigned long arg,
 		extern int nwindows;
 		unsigned long psr;
 		memset(new_stack, 0, STACKFRAME_SZ + TRACEREG_SZ);
-		p->thread.flags |= SPARC_FLAG_KTHREAD;
 		p->thread.current_ds = KERNEL_DS;
 		ti->kpc = (((unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread) - 0x8);
 		childregs->u_regs[UREG_G1] = sp; /* function */
@@ -325,7 +314,6 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp, unsigned long arg,
 	}
 	memcpy(new_stack, (char *)regs - STACKFRAME_SZ, STACKFRAME_SZ + TRACEREG_SZ);
 	childregs->u_regs[UREG_FP] = sp;
-	p->thread.flags &= ~SPARC_FLAG_KTHREAD;
 	p->thread.current_ds = USER_DS;
 	ti->kpc = (((unsigned long) ret_from_fork) - 0x8);
 	ti->kpsr = current->thread.fork_kpsr | PSR_PIL;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_32.c
index eea43a1aef1b..c8e0dd99f370 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ static __init void leon_patch(void)
 }
 
 struct tt_entry *sparc_ttable;
-static struct pt_regs fake_swapper_regs;
 
 /* Called from head_32.S - before we have setup anything
  * in the kernel. Be very careful with what you do here.
@@ -363,8 +362,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		(*(linux_dbvec->teach_debugger))();
 	}
 
-	init_task.thread.kregs = &fake_swapper_regs;
-
 	/* Run-time patch instructions to match the cpu model */
 	per_cpu_patch();
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c
index d87244197d5c..48abee4eee29 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ extern int root_mountflags;
 
 char reboot_command[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
 
-static struct pt_regs fake_swapper_regs = { { 0, }, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
-
 static void __init per_cpu_patch(void)
 {
 	struct cpuid_patch_entry *p;
@@ -661,8 +659,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	rd_image_start = ram_flags & RAMDISK_IMAGE_START_MASK;
 #endif
 
-	task_thread_info(&init_task)->kregs = &fake_swapper_regs;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_PNP
 	if (!ic_set_manually) {
 		phandle chosen = prom_finddevice("/chosen");
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/unaligned_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/unaligned_32.c
index 83db94c0b431..82b60d09ea3c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/unaligned_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/unaligned_32.c
@@ -274,103 +274,9 @@ asmlinkage void kernel_unaligned_trap(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int insn)
 	}
 }
 
-static inline int ok_for_user(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int insn,
-			      enum direction dir)
-{
-	unsigned int reg;
-	int size = ((insn >> 19) & 3) == 3 ? 8 : 4;
-
-	if ((regs->pc | regs->npc) & 3)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Must access_ok() in all the necessary places. */
-#define WINREG_ADDR(regnum) \
-	((void __user *)(((unsigned long *)regs->u_regs[UREG_FP])+(regnum)))
-
-	reg = (insn >> 25) & 0x1f;
-	if (reg >= 16) {
-		if (!access_ok(WINREG_ADDR(reg - 16), size))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	reg = (insn >> 14) & 0x1f;
-	if (reg >= 16) {
-		if (!access_ok(WINREG_ADDR(reg - 16), size))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	if (!(insn & 0x2000)) {
-		reg = (insn & 0x1f);
-		if (reg >= 16) {
-			if (!access_ok(WINREG_ADDR(reg - 16), size))
-				return -EFAULT;
-		}
-	}
-#undef WINREG_ADDR
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void user_mna_trap_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int insn)
+asmlinkage void user_unaligned_trap(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int insn)
 {
 	send_sig_fault(SIGBUS, BUS_ADRALN,
 		       (void __user *)safe_compute_effective_address(regs, insn),
 		       0, current);
 }
-
-asmlinkage void user_unaligned_trap(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int insn)
-{
-	enum direction dir;
-
-	if(!(current->thread.flags & SPARC_FLAG_UNALIGNED) ||
-	   (((insn >> 30) & 3) != 3))
-		goto kill_user;
-	dir = decode_direction(insn);
-	if(!ok_for_user(regs, insn, dir)) {
-		goto kill_user;
-	} else {
-		int err, size = decode_access_size(insn);
-		unsigned long addr;
-
-		if(floating_point_load_or_store_p(insn)) {
-			printk("User FPU load/store unaligned unsupported.\n");
-			goto kill_user;
-		}
-
-		addr = compute_effective_address(regs, insn);
-		perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS, 1, regs, addr);
-		switch(dir) {
-		case load:
-			err = do_int_load(fetch_reg_addr(((insn>>25)&0x1f),
-							 regs),
-					  size, (unsigned long *) addr,
-					  decode_signedness(insn));
-			break;
-
-		case store:
-			err = do_int_store(((insn>>25)&0x1f), size,
-					   (unsigned long *) addr, regs);
-			break;
-
-		case both:
-			/*
-			 * This was supported in 2.4. However, we question
-			 * the value of SWAP instruction across word boundaries.
-			 */
-			printk("Unaligned SWAP unsupported.\n");
-			err = -EFAULT;
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			unaligned_panic("Impossible user unaligned trap.");
-			goto out;
-		}
-		if (err)
-			goto kill_user;
-		else
-			advance(regs);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-kill_user:
-	user_mna_trap_fault(regs, insn);
-out:
-	;
-}