diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index dbe2d50b5bbd..d4a1350ae8b9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8259cf4342029aad37660e524178c8858f48b0ab
+refs/heads/master: 1aaad49e856ce41adc07d8ae0c8ef35fc4483245
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/printk.c b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
index 668df351e6a9..e0daaf57985a 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/printk.c
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ int console_printk[4] = {
 	DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL,	/* default_console_loglevel */
 };
 
+static int saved_console_loglevel = -1;
+
 /*
  * Low level drivers may need that to know if they can schedule in
  * their unblank() callback or not. So let's export it.
@@ -378,10 +380,15 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len)
 		logged_chars = 0;
 		break;
 	case 6:		/* Disable logging to console */
+		if (saved_console_loglevel == -1)
+			saved_console_loglevel = console_loglevel;
 		console_loglevel = minimum_console_loglevel;
 		break;
 	case 7:		/* Enable logging to console */
-		console_loglevel = default_console_loglevel;
+		if (saved_console_loglevel != -1) {
+			console_loglevel = saved_console_loglevel;
+			saved_console_loglevel = -1;
+		}
 		break;
 	case 8:		/* Set level of messages printed to console */
 		error = -EINVAL;
@@ -390,6 +397,8 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len)
 		if (len < minimum_console_loglevel)
 			len = minimum_console_loglevel;
 		console_loglevel = len;
+		/* Implicitly re-enable logging to console */
+		saved_console_loglevel = -1;
 		error = 0;
 		break;
 	case 9:		/* Number of chars in the log buffer */