1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
index 186aebbae32d..9cb42ecb7f89 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -302,8 +302,6 @@ int __init setup_nmi_watchdog(char *str)
         if ((nmi >= NMI_INVALID) || (nmi < NMI_NONE))
                 return 0;
 
-        if ((nmi == NMI_LOCAL_APIC) && (nmi_known_cpu() == 0))
-                return 0;  /* no lapic support */
         nmi_watchdog = nmi;
         return 1;
 }