--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -382,6 +382,11 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE
 	  This may be set to 1 or 0 to enable or disable them all, or
 	  to a bitmask as described in Documentation/sysrq.txt.
 
+config MAGIC_SYSRQ_SERIAL
+	bool "Enable magic SysRq key over serial"
+	depends on MAGIC_SYSRQ
+	default y
+
 config DEBUG_KERNEL
 	bool "Kernel debugging"
 	help
--- a/include/linux/serial_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ extern void uart_handle_cts_change(struc
 extern void uart_insert_char(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int status,
 		 unsigned int overrun, unsigned int ch, unsigned int flag);
 
-#ifdef SUPPORT_SYSRQ
+#if defined(SUPPORT_SYSRQ) && defined(CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ_SERIAL)
 static inline int
 uart_handle_sysrq_char(struct uart_port *port, unsigned int ch)
 {