diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
index 2ed219c..9e6d44d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
@@ -1579,6 +1579,7 @@
 	int num_newlines = 0;
 	bool replaced = false;
 	void __iomem *tf;
+	int locked = 1;
 
 	if (is_uartdm)
 		tf = port->membase + UARTDM_TF;
@@ -1591,7 +1592,13 @@
 			num_newlines++;
 	count += num_newlines;
 
-	spin_lock(&port->lock);
+	if (port->sysrq)
+		locked = 0;
+	else if (oops_in_progress)
+		locked = spin_trylock(&port->lock);
+	else
+		spin_lock(&port->lock);
+
 	if (is_uartdm)
 		msm_reset_dm_count(port, count);
 
@@ -1627,7 +1634,9 @@
 		iowrite32_rep(tf, buf, 1);
 		i += num_chars;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&port->lock);
+
+	if (locked)
+		spin_unlock(&port->lock);
 }
 
 static void msm_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s,