diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index 395b70e0eccf76e0cd31dc1e25afb5d3032fab50..a746bf5216f896c82e191b90078d7ffa92aaadf4 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -137,4 +137,12 @@ extern int watchdog_init_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
 extern int watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *);
 extern void watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
+void watchdog_nmi_disable_all(void);
+void watchdog_nmi_enable_all(void);
+#else
+static inline void watchdog_nmi_disable_all(void) {}
+static inline void watchdog_nmi_enable_all(void) {}
+#endif
+
 #endif  /* ifndef _LINUX_WATCHDOG_H */
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 3174bf8e353852ae886743b8ffbe33e46fb03c02..9a056f5bc02c8ed71a1ded6f925389f976241701 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -567,9 +567,37 @@ static void watchdog_nmi_disable(unsigned int cpu)
 		cpu0_err = 0;
 	}
 }
+
+void watchdog_nmi_enable_all(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (!watchdog_user_enabled)
+		return;
+
+	get_online_cpus();
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+		watchdog_nmi_enable(cpu);
+	put_online_cpus();
+}
+
+void watchdog_nmi_disable_all(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (!watchdog_running)
+		return;
+
+	get_online_cpus();
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+		watchdog_nmi_disable(cpu);
+	put_online_cpus();
+}
 #else
 static int watchdog_nmi_enable(unsigned int cpu) { return 0; }
 static void watchdog_nmi_disable(unsigned int cpu) { return; }
+void watchdog_nmi_enable_all(void) {}
+void watchdog_nmi_disable_all(void) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR */
 
 static struct smp_hotplug_thread watchdog_threads = {