diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index f77959ecf7e0..9dffd64d5e99 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3261,7 +3261,6 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/cpufreq/bmips-cpufreq.c
 
 BROADCOM BMIPS MIPS ARCHITECTURE
-M:	Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>
 M:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
 L:	bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com
 L:	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Kconfig b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Kconfig
index ef3847e7aee0..e5b6cadbec85 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/Kconfig
@@ -38,10 +38,3 @@ config REPLICATE_KTEXT
 	  Say Y here to enable replicating the kernel text across multiple
 	  nodes in a NUMA cluster.  This trades memory for speed.
 
-config REPLICATE_EXHANDLERS
-	bool "Exception handler replication support"
-	depends on SGI_IP27
-	help
-	  Say Y here to enable replicating the kernel exception handlers
-	  across multiple nodes in a NUMA cluster. This trades memory for
-	  speed.
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-init.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-init.c
index 59d5375c9021..79a52c472782 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-init.c
@@ -69,23 +69,14 @@ static void per_hub_init(cnodeid_t cnode)
 
 	hub_rtc_init(cnode);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_REPLICATE_EXHANDLERS
-	/*
-	 * If this is not a headless node initialization,
-	 * copy over the caliased exception handlers.
-	 */
-	if (get_compact_nodeid() == cnode) {
-		extern char except_vec2_generic, except_vec3_generic;
-		extern void build_tlb_refill_handler(void);
-
-		memcpy((void *)(CKSEG0 + 0x100), &except_vec2_generic, 0x80);
-		memcpy((void *)(CKSEG0 + 0x180), &except_vec3_generic, 0x80);
-		build_tlb_refill_handler();
-		memcpy((void *)(CKSEG0 + 0x100), (void *) CKSEG0, 0x80);
-		memcpy((void *)(CKSEG0 + 0x180), &except_vec3_generic, 0x100);
+	if (nasid) {
+		/* copy exception handlers from first node to current node */
+		memcpy((void *)NODE_OFFSET_TO_K0(nasid, 0),
+		       (void *)CKSEG0, 0x200);
 		__flush_cache_all();
+		/* switch to node local exception handlers */
+		REMOTE_HUB_S(nasid, PI_CALIAS_SIZE, PI_CALIAS_SIZE_8K);
 	}
-#endif
 }
 
 void per_cpu_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c
index fb077a947575..8624a885d95b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-memory.c
@@ -332,11 +332,7 @@ static void __init mlreset(void)
 		 * thinks it is a node 0 address.
 		 */
 		REMOTE_HUB_S(nasid, PI_REGION_PRESENT, (region_mask | 1));
-#ifdef CONFIG_REPLICATE_EXHANDLERS
-		REMOTE_HUB_S(nasid, PI_CALIAS_SIZE, PI_CALIAS_SIZE_8K);
-#else
 		REMOTE_HUB_S(nasid, PI_CALIAS_SIZE, PI_CALIAS_SIZE_0);
-#endif
 
 #ifdef LATER
 		/*