diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sunhv.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sunhv.c
index c5ebdc8bed6aee9b520e2b328f575ec210ab8559..46e46894e918ab03c6e7821bb715332d276bf346 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sunhv.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sunhv.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int receive_chars_getchar(struct uart_port *port)
 
 static int receive_chars_read(struct uart_port *port)
 {
-	int saw_console_brk = 0;
+	static int saw_console_brk;
 	int limit = 10000;
 
 	while (limit-- > 0) {
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ static int receive_chars_read(struct uart_port *port)
 			bytes_read = 0;
 
 			if (stat == CON_BREAK) {
+				if (saw_console_brk)
+					sun_do_break();
+
 				if (uart_handle_break(port))
 					continue;
 				saw_console_brk = 1;
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ static int receive_chars_read(struct uart_port *port)
 		if (port->sysrq != 0 &&  *con_read_page) {
 			for (i = 0; i < bytes_read; i++)
 				uart_handle_sysrq_char(port, con_read_page[i]);
+			saw_console_brk = 0;
 		}
 
 		if (port->state == NULL)
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index b95959733ce08a8723e98535153fbb74e495ad7b..3ec16e603e88281eb3e8596a99f10a30af1b7990 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 		extern int stop_a_enabled;
 		/* Make sure the user can actually press Stop-A (L1-A) */
 		stop_a_enabled = 1;
-		pr_emerg("Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom\n");
+		pr_emerg("Press Stop-A (L1-A) from sun keyboard or send break\n"
+			 "twice on console to return to the boot prom\n");
 	}
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_S390)