diff --git a/kmod/base.c b/kmod/base.c
index 407c115..4ba9c2d 100644
--- a/kmod/base.c
+++ b/kmod/base.c
@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@ int kpatch_register(struct module *mod, void *kpatch_relas,
 	/* TODO: ensure dest value is all zeros before touching it, and that it's within the module bounds */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_relas; i++) {
 
-		/* combined .o files have gaps */
-		if (!relas[i].type && !relas[i].src && !relas[i].dest)
-			continue;
-
 		switch (relas[i].type) {
 			case R_X86_64_PC32:
 				loc = (void *)relas[i].dest;
@@ -208,10 +204,6 @@ int kpatch_register(struct module *mod, void *kpatch_relas,
 	funcs = kmalloc((num_patches + 1) * sizeof(*funcs), GFP_KERNEL); /*TODO: error handling, free, etc */
 	for (i = 0; i < num_patches; i++) {
 
-		/* combined .o files have gaps */
-		if (!patches[i].orig && !patches[i].new)
-			continue;
-
 		funcs[i].old_func_addr = patches[i].orig;
 		funcs[i].new_func_addr = patches[i].new;
 		funcs[i].mod = mod;
diff --git a/kpatch-create b/kpatch-create
index 7e4935f..993fad9 100755
--- a/kpatch-create
+++ b/kpatch-create
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ cleanup ()
     cleanup_objs
     if [ $PATCHED ]; then
         cd "$KERNEL_DIR"
-        patch -p1 -R < "$PATCH" > /dev/null
+        patch -p1 -R < "$PATCH"
         export CROSS_COMPILE="$KPATCHGCC "
         $MAKE_CMD > /dev/null
     fi
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ $MAKE_CMD > /dev/null
 cp vmlinux vmlinux.kpatch_orig
 
 scriptecho "patching kernel"
-patch -p1 < "$PATCH" > /dev/null
+patch -p1 < "$PATCH"
 PATCHED=1
 
 scriptecho "compiling patched kernel"
diff --git a/kpatch-diff-gen/kpatch-diff-gen.c b/kpatch-diff-gen/kpatch-diff-gen.c
index 0f8bff6..85f7863 100644
--- a/kpatch-diff-gen/kpatch-diff-gen.c
+++ b/kpatch-diff-gen/kpatch-diff-gen.c
@@ -1374,7 +1374,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (!rela->dest_sym->diff)
 			continue;
 
-		if (rela->src_sym->bind != STB_LOCAL) {
+		if (rela->src_sym->bind != STB_LOCAL ||
+		    rela->src_sym->type == STT_OBJECT) {
 			rela->kpatch_rela = malloc(sizeof(*rela->kpatch_rela));
 			rela->kpatch_rela->type = rela->type;
 			rela->kpatch_rela->dest = 0;
@@ -1405,7 +1406,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	sec->data->d_type = ELF_T_BYTE; /* TODO? */
 	sec->sh.sh_type = SHT_PROGBITS;
 	sec->sh.sh_name = kpatch_relas_sec_strndx;
-	sec->sh.sh_addralign = kpatch_rela_size;
+	sec->sh.sh_addralign = 8;
 	sec->sh.sh_entsize = kpatch_rela_size;
 	sec->sh.sh_flags = SHF_ALLOC;
 	index = 0;
@@ -1488,7 +1489,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	sec->sh.sh_type = SHT_PROGBITS;
 	sec->sh.sh_name = kpatch_patches_sec_strndx;
 	sec->sh.sh_entsize = sizeof(struct kpatch_patch);
-	sec->sh.sh_addralign = sec->sh.sh_entsize;
+	sec->sh.sh_addralign = 8;
 	sec->sh.sh_flags = SHF_ALLOC;
 	index = 0;
 	for (sym = symso; sym; sym = sym->next) {