1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index c7e0049344bd..f37f974aa81b 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -493,10 +493,12 @@ int proc_dowatchdog_enabled(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
         proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
 
-        if (watchdog_enabled)
-                watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
-        else
-                watchdog_disable_all_cpus();
+        if (write) {
+                if (watchdog_enabled)
+                        watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
+                else
+                        watchdog_disable_all_cpus();
+        }
         return 0;
 }