diff --git a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
index b0b82f5..3d2cef6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 static struct vcpu_info __percpu *xen_vcpu_info;
 
 /* Linux <-> Xen vCPU id mapping */
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, xen_vcpu_id) = -1;
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(uint32_t, xen_vcpu_id);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(xen_vcpu_id);
 
 /* These are unused until we support booting "pre-ballooned" */
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 8ffb089..b86ebb1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vcpu_info, xen_vcpu_info);
 
 /* Linux <-> Xen vCPU id mapping */
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, xen_vcpu_id) = -1;
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(uint32_t, xen_vcpu_id);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(xen_vcpu_id);
 
 enum xen_domain_type xen_domain_type = XEN_NATIVE;
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
index 7487971..c1010f01 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
-	} else {
+	} else if (msg_type == XS_TRANSACTION_END) {
 		list_for_each_entry(trans, &u->transactions, list)
 			if (trans->handle.id == u->u.msg.tx_id)
 				break;
diff --git a/include/xen/xen-ops.h b/include/xen/xen-ops.h
index 9a37c541..b5486e6 100644
--- a/include/xen/xen-ops.h
+++ b/include/xen/xen-ops.h
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct vcpu_info *, xen_vcpu);
 
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, xen_vcpu_id);
-static inline int xen_vcpu_nr(int cpu)
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(uint32_t, xen_vcpu_id);
+static inline uint32_t xen_vcpu_nr(int cpu)
 {
 	return per_cpu(xen_vcpu_id, cpu);
 }