diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c85119f2a9b9..3af4bf22da27 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cd9b6fdf798841eb15253f928e762eee5260d347
+refs/heads/master: f5dec51172b81db226a23f309bc737ad021af35b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index 5d15630a5830..5d64e3acb000 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -580,8 +580,12 @@ static bool sysrq_filter(struct input_handle *handle, unsigned int type,
 	case KEY_RIGHTALT:
 		if (value)
 			sysrq_alt = code;
-		else if (sysrq_down && code == sysrq_alt_use)
-			sysrq_down = false;
+		else {
+			if (sysrq_down && code == sysrq_alt_use)
+				sysrq_down = false;
+
+			sysrq_alt = 0;
+		}
 		break;
 
 	case KEY_SYSRQ: