diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index a06e0cc4183e6461af429e707044d4644dec3e08..721ae6905e04ece7b3dfa1467cf09ff736f40250 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
-#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 
@@ -1138,7 +1137,6 @@ static int dev_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
 		      struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 {
 	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
-	struct device_driver *driver;
 	int retval = 0;
 
 	/* add device node properties if present */
@@ -1167,12 +1165,8 @@ static int dev_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
 	if (dev->type && dev->type->name)
 		add_uevent_var(env, "DEVTYPE=%s", dev->type->name);
 
-	/* Synchronize with module_remove_driver() */
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	driver = READ_ONCE(dev->driver);
-	if (driver)
-		add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", driver->name);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (dev->driver)
+		add_uevent_var(env, "DRIVER=%s", dev->driver->name);
 
 	/* Add common DT information about the device */
 	of_device_uevent(dev, env);
@@ -1242,8 +1236,11 @@ static ssize_t uevent_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	if (!env)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	/* Synchronize with really_probe() */
+	device_lock(dev);
 	/* let the kset specific function add its keys */
 	retval = kset->uevent_ops->uevent(kset, &dev->kobj, env);
+	device_unlock(dev);
 	if (retval)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/module.c b/drivers/base/module.c
index 851cc5367c04c044f32e8dd5c9a31c5cfcbdd027..46ad4d636731ddf8f20b3696b018b99cadcaeb88 100644
--- a/drivers/base/module.c
+++ b/drivers/base/module.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include "base.h"
 
 static char *make_driver_name(struct device_driver *drv)
@@ -78,9 +77,6 @@ void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 	if (!drv)
 		return;
 
-	/* Synchronize with dev_uevent() */
-	synchronize_rcu();
-
 	sysfs_remove_link(&drv->p->kobj, "module");
 
 	if (drv->owner)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/cec.h b/include/uapi/linux/cec.h
index d6ba68880cefc6a1305059b8c3b597b7edbd6c90..8b7085c7577d54053398d6f28a99071ff46ece48 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/cec.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/cec.h
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ static inline void cec_msg_init(struct cec_msg *msg,
  * Set the msg destination to the orig initiator and the msg initiator to the
  * orig destination. Note that msg and orig may be the same pointer, in which
  * case the change is done in place.
+ *
+ * It also zeroes the reply, timeout and flags fields.
  */
 static inline void cec_msg_set_reply_to(struct cec_msg *msg,
 					struct cec_msg *orig)
@@ -139,7 +141,9 @@ static inline void cec_msg_set_reply_to(struct cec_msg *msg,
 	/* The destination becomes the initiator and vice versa */
 	msg->msg[0] = (cec_msg_destination(orig) << 4) |
 		      cec_msg_initiator(orig);
-	msg->reply = msg->timeout = 0;
+	msg->reply = 0;
+	msg->timeout = 0;
+	msg->flags = 0;
 }
 
 /* cec_msg flags field */