1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 36491cd5b7d4..e952a1394d26 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static int watchdog_enable(int cpu)
 
         /* create the watchdog thread */
         if (!p) {
-                p = kthread_create(watchdog, (void *)(unsigned long)cpu, "watchdog/%d", cpu);
+                p = kthread_create_on_node(watchdog, NULL, cpu_to_node(cpu), "watchdog/%d", cpu);
                 if (IS_ERR(p)) {
                         printk(KERN_ERR "softlockup watchdog for %i failed\n", cpu);
                         if (!err) {