struct uart_state *state = tty->driver_data;
        struct uart_port *port = state->port;
 
-       BUG_ON(!kernel_locked());
-
+       lock_kernel();
        mutex_lock(&state->mutex);
 
        if (port->type != PORT_UNKNOWN)
                port->ops->break_ctl(port, break_state);
 
        mutex_unlock(&state->mutex);
+       unlock_kernel();
 }
 
 static int uart_do_autoconfig(struct uart_state *state)
 }
 
 /*
- * Called via sys_ioctl under the BKL.  We can use spin_lock_irq() here.
+ * Called via sys_ioctl.  We can use spin_lock_irq() here.
  */
 static int
 uart_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
        void __user *uarg = (void __user *)arg;
        int ret = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 
-       BUG_ON(!kernel_locked());
 
+       lock_kernel();
        /*
         * These ioctls don't rely on the hardware to be present.
         */
  out_up:
        mutex_unlock(&state->mutex);
  out:
+       unlock_kernel();
        return ret;
 }
 
        unsigned long flags;
        unsigned int cflag = tty->termios->c_cflag;
 
-       BUG_ON(!kernel_locked());
 
        /*
         * These are the bits that are used to setup various
        if ((cflag ^ old_termios->c_cflag) == 0 &&
            tty->termios->c_ospeed == old_termios->c_ospeed &&
            tty->termios->c_ispeed == old_termios->c_ispeed &&
-           RELEVANT_IFLAG(tty->termios->c_iflag ^ old_termios->c_iflag) == 0)
+           RELEVANT_IFLAG(tty->termios->c_iflag ^ old_termios->c_iflag) == 0) {
                return;
+       }
 
+       lock_kernel();
        uart_change_speed(state, old_termios);
 
        /* Handle transition to B0 status */
                }
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&state->port->lock, flags);
        }
-
+       unlock_kernel();
 #if 0
        /*
         * No need to wake up processes in open wait, since they