diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
index f19aa577354bff3a388450183920b90b4f19fb4d..dd7f770f23cf87f9f1a0f774b27153638edfa753 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
@@ -430,6 +430,15 @@ register_cpus(void)
 
 arch_initcall(register_cpus);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
+static struct sysrq_key_op srm_sysrq_reboot_op = {
+	.handler	= machine_halt,
+	.help_msg       = "reboot(b)",
+	.action_msg     = "Resetting",
+	.enable_mask    = SYSRQ_ENABLE_BOOT,
+};
+#endif
+
 void __init
 setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 {
@@ -550,8 +559,8 @@ setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	/* If we're using SRM, make sysrq-b halt back to the prom,
 	   not auto-reboot.  */
 	if (alpha_using_srm) {
-		struct sysrq_key_op *op = __sysrq_get_key_op('b');
-		op->handler = (void *) machine_halt;
+		unregister_sysrq_key('b', __sysrq_reboot_op);
+		register_sysrq_key('b', &srm_sysrq_reboot_op);
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
index 0dc3878794fd021a60c434d36792f022073b8759..1741134cabca61a7f6905ce51be60dde64339a33 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_reboot_op = {
 	.enable_mask	= SYSRQ_ENABLE_BOOT,
 };
 
+struct sysrq_key_op *__sysrq_reboot_op = &sysrq_reboot_op;
+
 static void sysrq_handle_sync(int key)
 {
 	emergency_sync();
@@ -516,7 +518,7 @@ static int sysrq_key_table_key2index(int key)
 /*
  * get and put functions for the table, exposed to modules.
  */
-struct sysrq_key_op *__sysrq_get_key_op(int key)
+static struct sysrq_key_op *__sysrq_get_key_op(int key)
 {
         struct sysrq_key_op *op_p = NULL;
         int i;
diff --git a/include/linux/sysrq.h b/include/linux/sysrq.h
index 8e159e16850f5d891c64f9f83789cf7ba01a7215..9b51f98e5f60b2dd903f78ecc92f8b7e88fb5e12 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysrq.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysrq.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void handle_sysrq(int key);
 void __handle_sysrq(int key, bool check_mask);
 int register_sysrq_key(int key, struct sysrq_key_op *op);
 int unregister_sysrq_key(int key, struct sysrq_key_op *op);
-struct sysrq_key_op *__sysrq_get_key_op(int key);
+extern struct sysrq_key_op *__sysrq_reboot_op;
 
 int sysrq_toggle_support(int enable_mask);
 int sysrq_mask(void);