1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 140dce750450..14733d4d156b 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -430,9 +430,12 @@ static int watchdog_enable(int cpu)
                 p = kthread_create(watchdog, (void *)(unsigned long)cpu, "watchdog/%d", cpu);
                 if (IS_ERR(p)) {
                         printk(KERN_ERR "softlockup watchdog for %i failed\n", cpu);
-                        if (!err)
+                        if (!err) {
                                 /* if hardlockup hasn't already set this */
                                 err = PTR_ERR(p);
+                                /* and disable the perf event */
+                                watchdog_nmi_disable(cpu);
+                        }
                         goto out;
                 }
                 kthread_bind(p, cpu);