diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/qe.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/qe.h
index 28fee3b..908f0b7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/qe.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/qe.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 /* Export QE common operations */
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUICC_ENGINE
-extern void __init qe_reset(void);
+extern void qe_reset(void);
 #else
 static inline void qe_reset(void) {}
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm_common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm_common.c
index e4b6d66..9de72c9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm_common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm_common.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 /* Max address size we deal with */
 #define OF_MAX_ADDR_CELLS	4
 
-int __init cpm_muram_init(void)
+int cpm_muram_init(void)
 {
 	struct device_node *np;
 	struct resource r;
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 	int i = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (muram_pbase)
+		return 0;
+
 	spin_lock_init(&cpm_muram_lock);
 	/* initialize the info header */
 	rh_init(&cpm_muram_info, 1,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/qe_lib/qe.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/qe_lib/qe.c
index fff2701..1ed1a9f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/qe_lib/qe.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/qe_lib/qe.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_qe_base);
 
-void __init qe_reset(void)
+void qe_reset(void)
 {
 	if (qe_immr == NULL)
 		qe_immr = ioremap(get_qe_base(), QE_IMMAP_SIZE);
@@ -330,16 +330,18 @@
 static int qe_sdma_init(void)
 {
 	struct sdma __iomem *sdma = &qe_immr->sdma;
-	unsigned long sdma_buf_offset;
+	static unsigned long sdma_buf_offset = (unsigned long)-ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!sdma)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* allocate 2 internal temporary buffers (512 bytes size each) for
 	 * the SDMA */
- 	sdma_buf_offset = qe_muram_alloc(512 * 2, 4096);
-	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(sdma_buf_offset))
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(sdma_buf_offset)) {
+		sdma_buf_offset = qe_muram_alloc(512 * 2, 4096);
+		if (IS_ERR_VALUE(sdma_buf_offset))
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	out_be32(&sdma->sdebcr, (u32) sdma_buf_offset & QE_SDEBCR_BA_MASK);
  	out_be32(&sdma->sdmr, (QE_SDMR_GLB_1_MSK |