diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/dsemul.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/dsemul.h
index 08bfe8fa3b40..870597d6d1ad 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/dsemul.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/dsemul.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct task_struct;
  *
  * Return: Zero on success, negative if ir is a NOP, signal number on failure.
  */
-extern int mips_dsemul(struct pt_regs *regs, mips_instruction ir,
+extern int mips_dsemul(struct pt_regs *regs, mips_insn ir,
 		       unsigned long branch_pc, unsigned long cont_pc);
 
 /**
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/inst.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/inst.h
index 2f98ced30263..0616b8eb7401 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/inst.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/inst.h
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@
 #define I_FMA_FFMT_SFT	0
 #define MIPSInst_FMA_FFMT(x) (MIPSInst(x) & 0x00000007)
 
-typedef unsigned int mips_instruction;
+typedef unsigned int mips_insn;
 
 /* microMIPS instruction decode structure. Do NOT export!!! */
 struct mm_decoded_insn {
-	mips_instruction insn;
-	mips_instruction next_insn;
+	mips_insn insn;
+	mips_insn next_insn;
 	int pc_inc;
 	int next_pc_inc;
 	int micro_mips_mode;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
index 8c401e42301c..153c9666a77c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ int ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller(void)
 #define S_R_SP	(0xafb0 << 16)	/* s{d,w} R, offset(sp) */
 #define OFFSET_MASK	0xffff	/* stack offset range: 0 ~ PT_SIZE */
 
-unsigned long ftrace_get_parent_ra_addr(unsigned long self_ra, unsigned long
+static long ftrace_get_parent_ra_addr(unsigned long self_ra, unsigned long
 		old_parent_ra, unsigned long parent_ra_addr, unsigned long fp)
 {
 	unsigned long sp, ip, tmp;
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/mips/kernel/kprobes.c
index dc39f5b3fb83..7a1b1c3674da 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 	}
 
 	if (copy_from_kernel_nofault(&prev_insn, p->addr - 1,
-			sizeof(mips_instruction)) == 0 &&
+			sizeof(kprobe_opcode_t)) == 0 &&
 	    insn_has_delayslot(prev_insn)) {
 		pr_notice("Kprobes for branch delayslot are not supported\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c b/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c
index 265bc57819df..bcd6a6f0034c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c
+++ b/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
 /* Function which emulates a floating point instruction. */
 
 static int fpu_emu(struct pt_regs *, struct mips_fpu_struct *,
-	mips_instruction);
+	mips_insn);
 
 static int fpux_emu(struct pt_regs *,
-	struct mips_fpu_struct *, mips_instruction, void __user **);
+	struct mips_fpu_struct *, mips_insn, void __user **);
 
 /* Control registers */
 
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ do {									\
  * Emulate a CFC1 instruction.
  */
 static inline void cop1_cfc(struct pt_regs *xcp, struct mips_fpu_struct *ctx,
-			    mips_instruction ir)
+			    mips_insn ir)
 {
 	u32 fcr31 = ctx->fcr31;
 	u32 value = 0;
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ static inline void cop1_cfc(struct pt_regs *xcp, struct mips_fpu_struct *ctx,
  * Emulate a CTC1 instruction.
  */
 static inline void cop1_ctc(struct pt_regs *xcp, struct mips_fpu_struct *ctx,
-			    mips_instruction ir)
+			    mips_insn ir)
 {
 	u32 fcr31 = ctx->fcr31;
 	u32 value;
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ static int cop1Emulate(struct pt_regs *xcp, struct mips_fpu_struct *ctx,
 {
 	unsigned long contpc = xcp->cp0_epc + dec_insn.pc_inc;
 	unsigned int cond, cbit, bit0;
-	mips_instruction ir;
+	mips_insn ir;
 	int likely, pc_inc;
 	union fpureg *fpr;
 	u32 __user *wva;
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ DEF3OP(nmadd, dp, ieee754dp_mul, ieee754dp_add, ieee754dp_neg);
 DEF3OP(nmsub, dp, ieee754dp_mul, ieee754dp_sub, ieee754dp_neg);
 
 static int fpux_emu(struct pt_regs *xcp, struct mips_fpu_struct *ctx,
-	mips_instruction ir, void __user **fault_addr)
+	mips_insn ir, void __user **fault_addr)
 {
 	unsigned int rcsr = 0;	/* resulting csr */
 
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ static int fpux_emu(struct pt_regs *xcp, struct mips_fpu_struct *ctx,
  * Emulate a single COP1 arithmetic instruction.
  */
 static int fpu_emu(struct pt_regs *xcp, struct mips_fpu_struct *ctx,
-	mips_instruction ir)
+	mips_insn ir)
 {
 	int rfmt;		/* resulting format */
 	unsigned int rcsr = 0;	/* resulting csr */
@@ -2899,9 +2899,9 @@ int fpu_emulator_cop1Handler(struct pt_regs *xcp, struct mips_fpu_struct *ctx,
 			dec_insn.micro_mips_mode = 1;
 		} else {
 			if ((get_user(dec_insn.insn,
-			    (mips_instruction __user *) xcp->cp0_epc)) ||
+			    (mips_insn __user *) xcp->cp0_epc)) ||
 			    (get_user(dec_insn.next_insn,
-			    (mips_instruction __user *)(xcp->cp0_epc+4)))) {
+			    (mips_insn __user *)(xcp->cp0_epc+4)))) {
 				MIPS_FPU_EMU_INC_STATS(errors);
 				return SIGBUS;
 			}
diff --git a/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c b/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c
index e02bd20b60a6..d4ea2cf89006 100644
--- a/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c
+++ b/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
  *   couldn't already.
  */
 struct emuframe {
-	mips_instruction	emul;
-	mips_instruction	badinst;
+	mips_insn	emul;
+	mips_insn	badinst;
 };
 
 static const int emupage_frame_count = PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct emuframe);
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@ void dsemul_mm_cleanup(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	bitmap_free(mm_ctx->bd_emupage_allocmap);
 }
 
-int mips_dsemul(struct pt_regs *regs, mips_instruction ir,
+int mips_dsemul(struct pt_regs *regs, mips_insn ir,
 		unsigned long branch_pc, unsigned long cont_pc)
 {
 	int isa16 = get_isa16_mode(regs->cp0_epc);
-	mips_instruction break_math;
+	mips_insn break_math;
 	unsigned long fr_uaddr;
 	struct emuframe fr;
 	int fr_idx, ret;
