diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c b/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c
index f391abc..2565fac 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c
@@ -156,21 +156,22 @@ static struct resource standard_io_resou
 	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_IO
 } };
 
-static int romsignature(const unsigned char *x)
+#define ROMSIGNATURE 0xaa55
+
+static int __init romsignature(const unsigned char *rom)
 {
 	unsigned short sig;
-	int ret = 0;
-	if (probe_kernel_address((const unsigned short *)x, sig) == 0)
-		ret = (sig == 0xaa55);
-	return ret;
+
+	return probe_kernel_address((const unsigned short *)rom, sig) == 0 &&
+	       sig == ROMSIGNATURE;
 }
 
 static int __init romchecksum(unsigned char *rom, unsigned long length)
 {
-	unsigned char *p, sum = 0;
+	unsigned char sum;
 
-	for (p = rom; p < rom + length; p++)
-		sum += *p;
+	for (sum = 0; length; length--)
+		sum += *rom++;
 	return sum == 0;
 }