diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
index 0bd8c05d72d6..076c6e067f17 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
@@ -2196,13 +2196,19 @@ pl011_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, unsigned int count)
 
 	clk_enable(uap->clk);
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
+	/*
+	 * local_irq_save(flags);
+	 *
+	 * This local_irq_save() is nonsense. If we come in via sysrq
+	 * handling then interrupts are already disabled. Aside of
+	 * that the port.sysrq check is racy on SMP regardless.
+	*/
 	if (uap->port.sysrq)
 		locked = 0;
 	else if (oops_in_progress)
-		locked = spin_trylock(&uap->port.lock);
+		locked = spin_trylock_irqsave(&uap->port.lock, flags);
 	else
-		spin_lock(&uap->port.lock);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&uap->port.lock, flags);
 
 	/*
 	 *	First save the CR then disable the interrupts
@@ -2228,8 +2234,7 @@ pl011_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, unsigned int count)
 		pl011_write(old_cr, uap, REG_CR);
 
 	if (locked)
-		spin_unlock(&uap->port.lock);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&uap->port.lock, flags);
 
 	clk_disable(uap->clk);
 }