1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
index e3ecb71b5790..720bf5a53c51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static int profile_timer_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 static struct notifier_block profile_timer_exceptions_nb = {
         .notifier_call = profile_timer_exceptions_notify,
         .next = NULL,
-        .priority = 0
+        .priority = NMI_LOW_PRIOR,
 };
 
 static int timer_start(void)
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ static void timer_stop(void)
 
 int __init op_nmi_timer_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 {
-        if ((nmi_watchdog != NMI_IO_APIC) || (atomic_read(&nmi_active) <= 0))
-                return -ENODEV;
-
         ops->start = timer_start;
         ops->stop = timer_stop;
         ops->cpu_type = "timer";