diff --git a/drivers/xen/manage.c b/drivers/xen/manage.c
index c1ec8ee..60cf71f 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/manage.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/manage.c
@@ -277,8 +277,16 @@ static void sysrq_handler(struct xenbus_watch *watch, const char *path,
 	err = xenbus_transaction_start(&xbt);
 	if (err)
 		return;
-	if (xenbus_scanf(xbt, "control", "sysrq", "%c", &sysrq_key) < 0) {
-		pr_err("Unable to read sysrq code in control/sysrq\n");
+	err = xenbus_scanf(xbt, "control", "sysrq", "%c", &sysrq_key);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		/*
+		 * The Xenstore watch fires directly after registering it and
+		 * after a suspend/resume cycle. So ENOENT is no error but
+		 * might happen in those cases.
+		 */
+		if (err != -ENOENT)
+			pr_err("Error %d reading sysrq code in control/sysrq\n",
+			       err);
 		xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 1);
 		return;
 	}