diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index d7ebdf4..d9961ea 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
-int watchdog_enabled;
+int watchdog_enabled = 1;
 int __read_mostly softlockup_thresh = 60;
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, watchdog_touch_ts);
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event *, watchdog_ev);
 #endif
 
-static int no_watchdog;
-
-
 /* boot commands */
 /*
  * Should we panic when a soft-lockup or hard-lockup occurs:
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@
 	if (!strncmp(str, "panic", 5))
 		hardlockup_panic = 1;
 	else if (!strncmp(str, "0", 1))
-		no_watchdog = 1;
+		watchdog_enabled = 0;
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("nmi_watchdog=", hardlockup_panic_setup);
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@
 
 static int __init nowatchdog_setup(char *str)
 {
-	no_watchdog = 1;
+	watchdog_enabled = 0;
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("nowatchdog", nowatchdog_setup);
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@
 /* deprecated */
 static int __init nosoftlockup_setup(char *str)
 {
-	no_watchdog = 1;
+	watchdog_enabled = 0;
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("nosoftlockup", nosoftlockup_setup);
@@ -476,9 +473,6 @@
 {
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (no_watchdog)
-		return;
-
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
 		watchdog_disable(cpu);
 
@@ -530,7 +524,8 @@
 		break;
 	case CPU_ONLINE:
 	case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
-		err = watchdog_enable(hotcpu);
+		if (watchdog_enabled)
+			err = watchdog_enable(hotcpu);
 		break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
@@ -555,9 +550,6 @@
 	void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
 	int err;
 
-	if (no_watchdog)
-		return;
-
 	err = cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
 	WARN_ON(notifier_to_errno(err));