diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunhv.c b/drivers/serial/sunhv.c
index 96557e6..17bcca5 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunhv.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunhv.c
@@ -440,8 +440,16 @@
 {
 	struct uart_port *port = sunhv_port;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int locked = 1;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (port->sysrq) {
+		locked = 0;
+	} else if (oops_in_progress) {
+		locked = spin_trylock(&port->lock);
+	} else
+		spin_lock(&port->lock);
+
 	while (n > 0) {
 		unsigned long ra = __pa(con_write_page);
 		unsigned long page_bytes;
@@ -469,7 +477,10 @@
 			ra += written;
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
+
+	if (locked)
+		spin_unlock(&port->lock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static inline void sunhv_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, char c)
@@ -488,7 +499,15 @@
 {
 	struct uart_port *port = sunhv_port;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int i;
+	int i, locked = 1;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (port->sysrq) {
+		locked = 0;
+	} else if (oops_in_progress) {
+		locked = spin_trylock(&port->lock);
+	} else
+		spin_lock(&port->lock);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
@@ -496,7 +515,10 @@
 			sunhv_console_putchar(port, '\r');
 		sunhv_console_putchar(port, *s++);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
+
+	if (locked)
+		spin_unlock(&port->lock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static struct console sunhv_console = {
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunsab.c b/drivers/serial/sunsab.c
index deb9ab4..8a0f9e4 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunsab.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunsab.c
@@ -860,22 +860,31 @@
 static void sunsab_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, int c)
 {
 	struct uart_sunsab_port *up = (struct uart_sunsab_port *)port;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&up->port.lock, flags);
 
 	sunsab_tec_wait(up);
 	writeb(c, &up->regs->w.tic);
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&up->port.lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void sunsab_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
 {
 	struct uart_sunsab_port *up = &sunsab_ports[con->index];
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int locked = 1;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (up->port.sysrq) {
+		locked = 0;
+	} else if (oops_in_progress) {
+		locked = spin_trylock(&up->port.lock);
+	} else
+		spin_lock(&up->port.lock);
 
 	uart_console_write(&up->port, s, n, sunsab_console_putchar);
 	sunsab_tec_wait(up);
+
+	if (locked)
+		spin_unlock(&up->port.lock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static int sunsab_console_setup(struct console *con, char *options)
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunsu.c b/drivers/serial/sunsu.c
index 2a63cdb..26d720b 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunsu.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunsu.c
@@ -1288,7 +1288,17 @@
 				unsigned int count)
 {
 	struct uart_sunsu_port *up = &sunsu_ports[co->index];
+	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int ier;
+	int locked = 1;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (up->port.sysrq) {
+		locked = 0;
+	} else if (oops_in_progress) {
+		locked = spin_trylock(&up->port.lock);
+	} else
+		spin_lock(&up->port.lock);
 
 	/*
 	 *	First save the UER then disable the interrupts
@@ -1304,6 +1314,10 @@
 	 */
 	wait_for_xmitr(up);
 	serial_out(up, UART_IER, ier);
+
+	if (locked)
+		spin_unlock(&up->port.lock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c b/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c
index 15b6e1c..0a3e10a 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sunzilog.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * C. Dost, Pete Zaitcev, Ted Ts'o and Alex Buell for their
  * work there.
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 2002, 2006 David S. Miller (davem@davemloft.net)
+ * Copyright (C) 2002, 2006, 2007 David S. Miller (davem@davemloft.net)
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -1151,11 +1151,22 @@
 {
 	struct uart_sunzilog_port *up = &sunzilog_port_table[con->index];
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int locked = 1;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&up->port.lock, flags);
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (up->port.sysrq) {
+		locked = 0;
+	} else if (oops_in_progress) {
+		locked = spin_trylock(&up->port.lock);
+	} else
+		spin_lock(&up->port.lock);
+
 	uart_console_write(&up->port, s, count, sunzilog_putchar);
 	udelay(2);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&up->port.lock, flags);
+
+	if (locked)
+		spin_unlock(&up->port.lock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static int __init sunzilog_console_setup(struct console *con, char *options)