diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c
index efa985f..4aacf52 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@
 		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
 
 	/*
-	 * Last page is systemcfg, special handling here, no get_page() a
-	 * this is a reserved page
+	 * Last page is systemcfg.
 	 */
 	if ((vma->vm_end - address) <= PAGE_SIZE)
-		return virt_to_page(systemcfg);
+		pg = virt_to_page(systemcfg);
+	else
+		pg = virt_to_page(vbase + offset);
 
-	pg = virt_to_page(vbase + offset);
 	get_page(pg);
 	DBG(" ->page count: %d\n", page_count(pg));
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 	 * gettimeofday will be totally dead. It's fine to use that for setting
 	 * breakpoints in the vDSO code pages though
 	 */
-	vma->vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_EXEC | VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC;
+	vma->vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_EXEC | VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC | VM_RESERVED;
 	vma->vm_flags |= mm->def_flags;
 	vma->vm_page_prot = protection_map[vma->vm_flags & 0x7];
 	vma->vm_ops = &vdso_vmops;
@@ -603,6 +603,8 @@
 		ClearPageReserved(pg);
 		get_page(pg);
 	}
+
+	get_page(virt_to_page(systemcfg));
 }
 
 int in_gate_area_no_task(unsigned long addr)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/generic.c b/arch/sparc/mm/generic.c
index 20ccb95..659c9a7 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/generic.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/generic.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
 	int space = GET_IOSPACE(pfn);
 	unsigned long offset = GET_PFN(pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT;
 
+	/* See comment in mm/memory.c remap_pfn_range */
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_IO | VM_RESERVED;
+
 	prot = __pgprot(pg_iobits);
 	offset -= from;
 	dir = pgd_offset(mm, from);
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/mm/generic.c b/arch/sparc64/mm/generic.c
index c954d91..afc01ce 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/mm/generic.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/mm/generic.c
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@
 	int space = GET_IOSPACE(pfn);
 	unsigned long offset = GET_PFN(pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT;
 
+	/* See comment in mm/memory.c remap_pfn_range */
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_IO | VM_RESERVED;
+
 	prot = __pgprot(pg_iobits);
 	offset -= from;
 	dir = pgd_offset(mm, from);