if (!(port->read_status_mask & MSM_UART_SR_RX_BREAK))
                        flag = TTY_NORMAL;
 
-               uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
-               sysrq = uart_handle_sysrq_char(port, dma->virt[i]);
-               uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags);
+               sysrq = uart_prepare_sysrq_char(port, dma->virt[i]);
                if (!sysrq)
                        tty_insert_flip_char(tport, dma->virt[i], flag);
        }
 
        msm_start_rx_dma(msm_port);
 done:
-       uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
+       uart_unlock_and_check_sysrq_irqrestore(port, flags);
 
        if (count)
                tty_flip_buffer_push(tport);
                        if (!(port->read_status_mask & MSM_UART_SR_RX_BREAK))
                                flag = TTY_NORMAL;
 
-                       uart_port_unlock(port);
-                       sysrq = uart_handle_sysrq_char(port, buf[i]);
-                       uart_port_lock(port);
+                       sysrq = uart_prepare_sysrq_char(port, buf[i]);
                        if (!sysrq)
                                tty_insert_flip_char(tport, buf[i], flag);
                }
                else if (sr & MSM_UART_SR_PAR_FRAME_ERR)
                        flag = TTY_FRAME;
 
-               uart_port_unlock(port);
-               sysrq = uart_handle_sysrq_char(port, c);
-               uart_port_lock(port);
+               sysrq = uart_prepare_sysrq_char(port, c);
                if (!sysrq)
                        tty_insert_flip_char(tport, c, flag);
        }
        struct uart_port *port = dev_id;
        struct msm_port *msm_port = to_msm_port(port);
        struct msm_dma *dma = &msm_port->rx_dma;
-       unsigned long flags;
        unsigned int misr;
        u32 val;
 
-       uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags);
+       uart_port_lock(port);
        misr = msm_read(port, MSM_UART_MISR);
        msm_write(port, 0, MSM_UART_IMR); /* disable interrupt */
 
                msm_handle_delta_cts(port);
 
        msm_write(port, msm_port->imr, MSM_UART_IMR); /* restore interrupt */
-       uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
+       uart_unlock_and_check_sysrq(port);
 
        return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
                        num_newlines++;
        count += num_newlines;
 
-       local_irq_save(flags);
-
-       if (port->sysrq)
-               locked = 0;
-       else if (oops_in_progress)
-               locked = uart_port_trylock(port);
+       if (oops_in_progress)
+               locked = uart_port_trylock_irqsave(port, &flags);
        else
-               uart_port_lock(port);
+               uart_port_lock_irqsave(port, &flags);
 
        if (is_uartdm)
                msm_reset_dm_count(port, count);
        }
 
        if (locked)
-               uart_port_unlock(port);
-
-       local_irq_restore(flags);
+               uart_port_unlock_irqrestore(port, flags);
 }
 
 static void msm_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s,