1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c
index d1614e8384ae..47a465fe3c38 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
  * level 14 as our IRQ off level.
  */
 
-static int nmi_watchdog_active;
 static int panic_on_timeout;
 
 /* nmi_active:
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, nmi_touch);
 
 void touch_nmi_watchdog(void)
 {
-        if (nmi_watchdog_active) {
+        if (atomic_read(&nmi_active)) {
                 int cpu;
 
                 for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {