diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/io.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/io.h
index 9e777cd42b67..d10fd80dbb7e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/io.h
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ static inline void __iomem * __ioremap_mode(phys_addr_t offset, unsigned long si
  */
 #define ioremap_nocache(offset, size)					\
 	__ioremap_mode((offset), (size), _CACHE_UNCACHED)
+#define ioremap_uc ioremap_nocache
 
 /*
  * ioremap_cachable -	map bus memory into CPU space
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/swab.h b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
index c4ddc4f0d2dc..23cd9b118c9e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/swab.h
@@ -13,16 +13,15 @@
 
 #define __SWAB_64_THRU_32__
 
-#if (defined(__mips_isa_rev) && (__mips_isa_rev >= 2)) ||		\
-    defined(_MIPS_ARCH_LOONGSON3A)
+#if !defined(__mips16) &&					\
+	((defined(__mips_isa_rev) && (__mips_isa_rev >= 2)) ||	\
+	 defined(_MIPS_ARCH_LOONGSON3A))
 
-static inline __attribute__((nomips16)) __attribute_const__
-		__u16 __arch_swab16(__u16 x)
+static inline __attribute_const__ __u16 __arch_swab16(__u16 x)
 {
 	__asm__(
 	"	.set	push			\n"
 	"	.set	arch=mips32r2		\n"
-	"	.set	nomips16		\n"
 	"	wsbh	%0, %1			\n"
 	"	.set	pop			\n"
 	: "=r" (x)
@@ -32,13 +31,11 @@ static inline __attribute__((nomips16)) __attribute_const__
 }
 #define __arch_swab16 __arch_swab16
 
-static inline __attribute__((nomips16)) __attribute_const__
-		__u32 __arch_swab32(__u32 x)
+static inline __attribute_const__ __u32 __arch_swab32(__u32 x)
 {
 	__asm__(
 	"	.set	push			\n"
 	"	.set	arch=mips32r2		\n"
-	"	.set	nomips16		\n"
 	"	wsbh	%0, %1			\n"
 	"	rotr	%0, %0, 16		\n"
 	"	.set	pop			\n"
@@ -54,13 +51,11 @@ static inline __attribute__((nomips16)) __attribute_const__
  * 64-bit kernel on r2 CPUs.
  */
 #ifdef __mips64
-static inline __attribute__((nomips16)) __attribute_const__
-		__u64 __arch_swab64(__u64 x)
+static inline __attribute_const__ __u64 __arch_swab64(__u64 x)
 {
 	__asm__(
 	"	.set	push			\n"
 	"	.set	arch=mips64r2		\n"
-	"	.set	nomips16		\n"
 	"	dsbh	%0, %1			\n"
 	"	dshd	%0, %0			\n"
 	"	.set	pop			\n"
@@ -71,5 +66,5 @@ static inline __attribute__((nomips16)) __attribute_const__
 }
 #define __arch_swab64 __arch_swab64
 #endif /* __mips64 */
-#endif /* MIPS R2 or newer or Loongson 3A */
+#endif /* (not __mips16) and (MIPS R2 or newer or Loongson 3A) */
 #endif /* _ASM_SWAB_H */