diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c b/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
index 429411c6c0a8..a85a4f33aea8 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/input.h>
 #include <linux/serio.h>
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #define DRIVER_DESC	"SpaceTec SpaceBall 2003/3003/4000 FLX driver"
 
@@ -75,9 +76,15 @@ static void spaceball_process_packet(struct spaceball* spaceball)
 
 		case 'D':					/* Ball data */
 			if (spaceball->idx != 15) return;
-			for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+			/*
+			 * Skip first three bytes; read six axes worth of data.
+			 * Axis values are signed 16-bit big-endian.
+			 */
+			data += 3;
+			for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(spaceball_axes); i++) {
 				input_report_abs(dev, spaceball_axes[i],
-					(__s16)((data[2 * i + 3] << 8) | data[2 * i + 2]));
+					(__s16)get_unaligned_be16(&data[i * 2]));
+			}
 			break;
 
 		case 'K':					/* Button data */
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/appletouch.c b/drivers/input/mouse/appletouch.c
index bfa26651c0be..627048bc6a12 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/appletouch.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/appletouch.c
@@ -916,6 +916,8 @@ static int atp_probe(struct usb_interface *iface,
 	set_bit(BTN_TOOL_TRIPLETAP, input_dev->keybit);
 	set_bit(BTN_LEFT, input_dev->keybit);
 
+	INIT_WORK(&dev->work, atp_reinit);
+
 	error = input_register_device(dev->input);
 	if (error)
 		goto err_free_buffer;
@@ -923,8 +925,6 @@ static int atp_probe(struct usb_interface *iface,
 	/* save our data pointer in this interface device */
 	usb_set_intfdata(iface, dev);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&dev->work, atp_reinit);
-
 	return 0;
 
  err_free_buffer: