diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/tbx.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/tbx.h
index 287b36ff8ad1..703b9cb0ac5c 100644
--- a/arch/metag/include/asm/tbx.h
+++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/tbx.h
@@ -150,11 +150,9 @@
 #else
 /* Reserved 0x04-0x09 */
 #endif
-#define TBID_SIGNUM_SWS     0x0A /* KICK received with SigMask != 0 */
-#define TBID_SIGNUM_SWK     0x0B /* KICK received with SigMask == 0 */
-/* Reserved 0x0C-0x0F */
+/* Reserved 0x0A-0x0F */
 #define TBID_SIGNUM_TRT     0x10 /* Timer trigger */
-#define TBID_SIGNUM_LWK     0x11 /* Low level kick (handler provided by TBI) */
+#define TBID_SIGNUM_LWK     0x11 /* Low level kick */
 #define TBID_SIGNUM_XXF     0x12 /* Fault handler - receives ALL _xxF sigs */
 #ifdef TBI_1_4
 #define TBID_SIGNUM_DFR     0x13 /* Deferred Exception handler */
@@ -183,8 +181,7 @@
    each hardware signal, sometimes this is a many-to-one relationship. */
 #define TBI_TRIG_BIT(SigNum)                                      (\
     ((SigNum) >= TBID_SIGNUM_TRT) ? 1<<((SigNum)-TBID_SIGNUM_TRT) :\
-    ( ((SigNum) == TBID_SIGNUM_SWS) ||                             \
-      ((SigNum) == TBID_SIGNUM_SWK)    ) ?                         \
+    ((SigNum) == TBID_SIGNUM_LWK) ?                                \
                          TXSTAT_KICK_BIT : TXSTATI_BGNDHALT_BIT    )
 
 /* Return the hardware trigger vector number for entries in the
@@ -687,10 +684,8 @@ typedef union _tbires_tag_ {
    Triggers will indicate the status of TXSTAT or TXSTATI sampled by the
           code that called the handler.
           
-   InstOrSWSId is defined firstly as 'Inst' if the SigNum is TBID_SIGNUM_SWx
-          and hold the actual SWITCH instruction detected, secondly if SigNum
-          is TBID_SIGNUM_SWS the 'SWSId' is defined to hold the Id of the
-          software signal detected, in other cases the value of this
+   Inst is defined as 'Inst' if the SigNum is TBID_SIGNUM_SWx and holds the
+          actual SWITCH instruction detected, in other cases the value of this
           parameter is undefined.
    
    pTBI   points at the PTBI structure related to the thread and processing
@@ -709,7 +704,7 @@ typedef union _tbires_tag_ {
 
  */
 typedef TBIRES (*PTBIAPIFN)( TBIRES State, int SigNum,
-                             int Triggers, int InstOrSWSId,
+                             int Triggers, int Inst,
                              volatile struct _tbi_tag_ *pTBI );
 #endif /* ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
@@ -757,7 +752,7 @@ typedef volatile struct _tbi_tag_ {
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 /* This handler should be used for TBID_SIGNUM_DFR */
 extern TBIRES __TBIHandleDFR ( TBIRES State, int SigNum,
-                               int Triggers, int InstOrSWSId,
+                               int Triggers, int Inst,
                                volatile struct _tbi_tag_ *pTBI );
 #endif
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/setup.c b/arch/metag/kernel/setup.c
index c396cd0b425f..e639bae09645 100644
--- a/arch/metag/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/metag/kernel/setup.c
@@ -302,13 +302,9 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	 * rather than the version from the bootloader. This makes call
 	 * stacks easier to understand and may allow us to unmap the
 	 * bootloader at some point.
-	 *
-	 * We need to keep the LWK handler that TBI installed in order to
-	 * be able to do inter-thread comms.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i <= TBID_SIGNUM_MAX; i++)
-		if (i != TBID_SIGNUM_LWK)
-			_pTBI->fnSigs[i] = __TBIUnExpXXX;
+		_pTBI->fnSigs[i] = __TBIUnExpXXX;
 
 	/* A Meta requirement is that the kernel is loaded (virtually)
 	 * at the PAGE_OFFSET.
diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c b/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c
index 25f9d1c2ffec..17b2e2e38d5a 100644
--- a/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/metag/kernel/traps.c
@@ -819,8 +819,7 @@ void per_cpu_trap_init(unsigned long cpu)
 
 	set_trigger_mask(TBI_INTS_INIT(thread) | /* interrupts */
 			 TBI_TRIG_BIT(TBID_SIGNUM_LWK) | /* low level kick */
-			 TBI_TRIG_BIT(TBID_SIGNUM_SW1) |
-			 TBI_TRIG_BIT(TBID_SIGNUM_SWS));
+			 TBI_TRIG_BIT(TBID_SIGNUM_SW1));
 
 	/* non-priv - use current stack */
 	int_context.Sig.pCtx = NULL;
@@ -842,7 +841,7 @@ void __init trap_init(void)
 	_pTBI->fnSigs[TBID_SIGNUM_SW1] = switch1_handler;
 	_pTBI->fnSigs[TBID_SIGNUM_SW2] = switchx_handler;
 	_pTBI->fnSigs[TBID_SIGNUM_SW3] = switchx_handler;
-	_pTBI->fnSigs[TBID_SIGNUM_SWK] = kick_handler;
+	_pTBI->fnSigs[TBID_SIGNUM_LWK] = kick_handler;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_METAG_META21
 	_pTBI->fnSigs[TBID_SIGNUM_DFR] = __TBIHandleDFR;
diff --git a/arch/metag/mm/numa.c b/arch/metag/mm/numa.c
index 9ae578c9b620..b172aa45fcf8 100644
--- a/arch/metag/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/metag/mm/numa.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void __init setup_bootmem_node(int nid, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 	unsigned long pgdat_paddr;
 
 	/* Don't allow bogus node assignment */
-	BUG_ON(nid > MAX_NUMNODES || nid <= 0);
+	BUG_ON(nid >= MAX_NUMNODES || nid <= 0);
 
 	start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	end_pfn = end >> PAGE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/arch/metag/tbx/tbidefr.S b/arch/metag/tbx/tbidefr.S
index 3eb165ebf540..8f0902b22f70 100644
--- a/arch/metag/tbx/tbidefr.S
+++ b/arch/metag/tbx/tbidefr.S
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 /* D1Ar1:D0Ar2 -- State
  * D0Ar3       -- SigNum
  * D0Ar4       -- Triggers
- * D1Ar5       -- InstOrSWSId
+ * D1Ar5       -- Inst
  * D0Ar6       -- pTBI (volatile)
  */
 ___TBIHandleDFR: