diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
index af78cc02f38e..c66ba714caa5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -1784,7 +1784,10 @@ static bool handle_rx_dma(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned int iir)
 }
 
 /*
- * Context: port's lock must be held by the caller.
+ * Context: port's lock must be held by the caller. The caller must
+ * release it via guard(uart_port_lock_check_sysrq_irqsave) or
+ * uart_unlock_and_check_sysrq_irqrestore(), which captures SysRq
+ * character on unlock.
  */
 void serial8250_handle_irq_locked(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int iir)
 {
@@ -1837,7 +1840,7 @@ int serial8250_handle_irq(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int iir)
 	if (iir & UART_IIR_NO_INT)
 		return 0;
 
-	guard(uart_port_lock_irqsave)(port);
+	guard(uart_port_lock_check_sysrq_irqsave)(port);
 	serial8250_handle_irq_locked(port, iir);
 
 	return 1;