diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h
index aacca824a6aef4fcc4d2480aa9eeefd2fe82d6f9..0a3fadc32693a9cf869693f4c406eee5d168e36b 100644
--- a/include/linux/nmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/nmi.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ extern int watchdog_user_enabled;
 extern int watchdog_thresh;
 extern unsigned long watchdog_enabled;
 extern unsigned long *watchdog_cpumask_bits;
+extern atomic_t watchdog_park_in_progress;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 extern int sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
 extern int sysctl_hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index d4b0fa01cae39cd720661d7a62f50a7926f9db69..63177be0159e9493f6d6ade90efae743aaf117b7 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ unsigned long *watchdog_cpumask_bits = cpumask_bits(&watchdog_cpumask);
 #define for_each_watchdog_cpu(cpu) \
 	for_each_cpu_and((cpu), cpu_online_mask, &watchdog_cpumask)
 
+atomic_t watchdog_park_in_progress = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
 /*
  * The 'watchdog_running' variable is set to 1 when the watchdog threads
  * are registered/started and is set to 0 when the watchdog threads are
@@ -260,6 +262,9 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 	int duration;
 	int softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace = sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
 
+	if (atomic_read(&watchdog_park_in_progress) != 0)
+		return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+
 	/* kick the hardlockup detector */
 	watchdog_interrupt_count();
 
@@ -467,12 +472,16 @@ static int watchdog_park_threads(void)
 {
 	int cpu, ret = 0;
 
+	atomic_set(&watchdog_park_in_progress, 1);
+
 	for_each_watchdog_cpu(cpu) {
 		ret = kthread_park(per_cpu(softlockup_watchdog, cpu));
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
 
+	atomic_set(&watchdog_park_in_progress, 0);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog_hld.c b/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
index 84016c8aee6b5d2769495a8c6eee0b4ac559b1a6..12b8dd64078655dd9004d03caa8167da16b57cf5 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ static void watchdog_overflow_callback(struct perf_event *event,
 	/* Ensure the watchdog never gets throttled */
 	event->hw.interrupts = 0;
 
+	if (atomic_read(&watchdog_park_in_progress) != 0)
+		return;
+
 	if (__this_cpu_read(watchdog_nmi_touch) == true) {
 		__this_cpu_write(watchdog_nmi_touch, false);
 		return;