diff --git a/storage/innobase/include/ut0ut.h b/storage/innobase/include/ut0ut.h
index f72dcbc82bf..3b78af9fc7b 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/include/ut0ut.h
+++ b/storage/innobase/include/ut0ut.h
@@ -18,15 +18,16 @@ Created 1/20/1994 Heikki Tuuri
 typedef time_t	ib_time_t;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PAUSE_INSTRUCTION
-#define PAUSE_INSTRUCTION(volatile_var) {__asm__ __volatile__ ("pause");}
+#define PAUSE_INSTRUCTION() {__asm__ __volatile__ ("pause");}
 #else
 #ifdef UNIV_SYNC_ATOMIC
-#define PAUSE_INSTRUCTION(volatile_var) \
+#define PAUSE_INSTRUCTION() \
   { \
+    volatile lint volatile_var;
     os_compare_and_swap(volatile_var, 0, 1); \
   }
 #else
-#define PAUSE_INSTRUCTION(volatile_var)
+#define PAUSE_INSTRUCTION()
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c
index 23a20393939..20f5db80676 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/srv/srv0srv.c
@@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ ulong	srv_max_purge_lag		= 0;
 Puts an OS thread to wait if there are too many concurrent threads
 (>= srv_thread_concurrency) inside InnoDB. The threads wait in a FIFO queue. */
 
+#ifdef UNIV_SYNC_ATOMIC
 static void
 inc_srv_conc_n_threads(lint *n_threads)
 {
@@ -1074,6 +1075,7 @@ dec_srv_conc_n_threads()
 {
   os_atomic_increment(&srv_conc_n_threads, -1);
 }
+#endif
 
 static void
 print_already_in_error(trx_t* trx)
@@ -1087,6 +1089,7 @@ print_already_in_error(trx_t* trx)
         return;
 }
 
+#ifdef UNIV_SYNC_ATOMIC
 static void
 enter_innodb_with_tickets(trx_t* trx)
 {
@@ -1108,7 +1111,7 @@ srv_conc_enter_innodb_timer_based(trx_t* trx)
 retry:
 	if (srv_conc_n_threads < (lint) srv_thread_concurrency) {
                 inc_srv_conc_n_threads(&conc_n_threads);
-	        if (conc_n_threads <= srv_thread_concurrency) {
+	        if (conc_n_threads <= (lint) srv_thread_concurrency) {
                        enter_innodb_with_tickets(trx);
                        return;
                 }
@@ -1147,6 +1150,7 @@ srv_conc_exit_innodb_timer_based(trx_t* trx)
 	trx->n_tickets_to_enter_innodb = 0;
         return;
 }
+#endif
 
 void
 srv_conc_enter_innodb(
@@ -1315,7 +1319,6 @@ srv_conc_force_enter_innodb(
 	trx_t*	trx)	/* in: transaction object associated with the
 			thread */
 {
-        lint               conc_n_threads;
 
 	if (UNIV_LIKELY(!srv_thread_concurrency)) {
 
@@ -1324,6 +1327,8 @@ srv_conc_force_enter_innodb(
 
 #ifdef UNIV_SYNC_ATOMIC
         if (srv_thread_concurrency_timer_based) {
+                lint               conc_n_threads;
+
                 inc_srv_conc_n_threads(&conc_n_threads);
 	        trx->declared_to_be_inside_innodb = TRUE;
 	        trx->n_tickets_to_enter_innodb = 1;
diff --git a/storage/innobase/ut/ut0ut.c b/storage/innobase/ut/ut0ut.c
index 9b45fe279a2..4a0bd802404 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/ut/ut0ut.c
+++ b/storage/innobase/ut/ut0ut.c
@@ -336,13 +336,12 @@ ut_delay(
 	ulint	delay)	/* in: delay in microseconds on 100 MHz Pentium */
 {
 	ulint	i, j;
-        volatile lint volatile_var;
 
 	j = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < delay * 50; i++) {
+                PAUSE_INSTRUCTION();
 		j += i;
-                PAUSE_INSTRUCTION(&volatile_var);
 	}
 
 	if (ut_always_false) {