diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2c1169cb6e6a..f7946e4ae803 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 14532095dfe9e8faf2d314d9c2170f64737c7dff
+refs/heads/master: 6664845cef13b0a224f43f6c46eddd0b3e018c04
diff --git a/trunk/arch/s390/include/asm/ccwdev.h b/trunk/arch/s390/include/asm/ccwdev.h
index 18f0a7580926..2a5419551176 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/s390/include/asm/ccwdev.h
+++ b/trunk/arch/s390/include/asm/ccwdev.h
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ extern void ccw_device_get_id(struct ccw_device *, struct ccw_dev_id *);
 #define to_ccwdrv(n) container_of(n, struct ccw_driver, driver)
 
 extern struct ccw_device *ccw_device_probe_console(void);
+extern int ccw_device_force_console(void);
 
 // FIXME: these have to go
 extern int _ccw_device_get_subchannel_number(struct ccw_device *);
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/trunk/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 64bd79ac25a7..3c57c1a18bb8 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -1789,6 +1789,15 @@ ccw_device_probe_console(void)
 	return &console_cdev;
 }
 
+static int ccw_device_pm_restore(struct device *dev);
+
+int ccw_device_force_console(void)
+{
+	if (!console_cdev_in_use)
+		return -ENODEV;
+	return ccw_device_pm_restore(&console_cdev.dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ccw_device_force_console);
 
 const char *cio_get_console_cdev_name(struct subchannel *sch)
 {