diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
index f8a2c917201f..ba41220f618e 100644
--- a/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c
@@ -534,8 +534,9 @@ init_pmu(void)
 	int timeout;
 	struct adb_request req;
 
-	out_8(&via[B], via[B] | TREQ);			/* negate TREQ */
-	out_8(&via[DIRB], (via[DIRB] | TREQ) & ~TACK);	/* TACK in, TREQ out */
+	/* Negate TREQ. Set TACK to input and TREQ to output. */
+	out_8(&via[B], in_8(&via[B]) | TREQ);
+	out_8(&via[DIRB], (in_8(&via[DIRB]) | TREQ) & ~TACK);
 
 	pmu_request(&req, NULL, 2, PMU_SET_INTR_MASK, pmu_intr_mask);
 	timeout =  100000;
@@ -1418,8 +1419,8 @@ pmu_sr_intr(void)
 	struct adb_request *req;
 	int bite = 0;
 
-	if (via[B] & TREQ) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "PMU: spurious SR intr (%x)\n", via[B]);
+	if (in_8(&via[B]) & TREQ) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "PMU: spurious SR intr (%x)\n", in_8(&via[B]));
 		out_8(&via[IFR], SR_INT);
 		return NULL;
 	}