diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c07d39df8118..22bf73bd00f1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cb1b145929b5b7e1bdc5f76dd2905df9f89c038e
+refs/heads/master: 8c6a98b22b750c9eb52653ba643faa17db8d3881
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index c556ed9db13d..8e0dd254eb11 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 
 /* Whether we react on sysrq keys or just ignore them */
-static int __read_mostly sysrq_enabled = 1;
+static int __read_mostly sysrq_enabled = SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE;
 static bool __read_mostly sysrq_always_enabled;
 
 static bool sysrq_on(void)
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/sysrq.h b/trunk/include/linux/sysrq.h
index 387fa7d05c98..7faf933cced7 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/sysrq.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/sysrq.h
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+/* Enable/disable SYSRQ support by default (0==no, 1==yes). */
+#define SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE	1
+
 /* Possible values of bitmask for enabling sysrq functions */
 /* 0x0001 is reserved for enable everything */
 #define SYSRQ_ENABLE_LOG	0x0002
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sysctl.c b/trunk/kernel/sysctl.c
index c33a1edb799f..3afce4dc9ba5 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ static int proc_taint(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
-static int __sysrq_enabled; /* Note: sysrq code ises it's own private copy */
+/* Note: sysrq code uses it's own private copy */
+static int __sysrq_enabled = SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE;
 
 static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,