diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-severity.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-severity.c
index 87cc9ab7a13c..4ca632a06e0b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-severity.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-severity.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static int error_context(struct mce *m)
 	return IN_KERNEL;
 }
 
-static int mce_severity_amd_smca(struct mce *m, int err_ctx)
+static int mce_severity_amd_smca(struct mce *m, enum context err_ctx)
 {
 	u32 addr = MSR_AMD64_SMCA_MCx_CONFIG(m->bank);
 	u32 low, high;
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ static int mce_severity_amd(struct mce *m, int tolerant, char **msg, bool is_exc
 
 	if (m->status & MCI_STATUS_UC) {
 
+		if (ctx == IN_KERNEL)
+			return MCE_PANIC_SEVERITY;
+
 		/*
 		 * On older systems where overflow_recov flag is not present, we
 		 * should simply panic if an error overflow occurs. If
@@ -255,10 +258,6 @@ static int mce_severity_amd(struct mce *m, int tolerant, char **msg, bool is_exc
 			if (mce_flags.smca)
 				return mce_severity_amd_smca(m, ctx);
 
-			/* software can try to contain */
-			if (!(m->mcgstatus & MCG_STATUS_RIPV) && (ctx == IN_KERNEL))
-				return MCE_PANIC_SEVERITY;
-
 			/* kill current process */
 			return MCE_AR_SEVERITY;
 		} else {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 3b413065c613..b1d616d08eee 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -1367,13 +1367,12 @@ static void __start_timer(struct timer_list *t, unsigned long interval)
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-static void mce_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+static void mce_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct timer_list *t = this_cpu_ptr(&mce_timer);
-	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	struct timer_list *cpu_t = this_cpu_ptr(&mce_timer);
 	unsigned long iv;
 
-	WARN_ON(cpu != data);
+	WARN_ON(cpu_t != t);
 
 	iv = __this_cpu_read(mce_next_interval);
 
@@ -1763,17 +1762,15 @@ static void mce_start_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 static void __mcheck_cpu_setup_timer(void)
 {
 	struct timer_list *t = this_cpu_ptr(&mce_timer);
-	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-	setup_pinned_timer(t, mce_timer_fn, cpu);
+	timer_setup(t, mce_timer_fn, TIMER_PINNED);
 }
 
 static void __mcheck_cpu_init_timer(void)
 {
 	struct timer_list *t = this_cpu_ptr(&mce_timer);
-	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-	setup_pinned_timer(t, mce_timer_fn, cpu);
+	timer_setup(t, mce_timer_fn, TIMER_PINNED);
 	mce_start_timer(t);
 }