diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h
index b24d4a58674aa2e33fca98bb53cecbf997095e0b..85bb268be39ce2d6c87b0af38d0347e0b958fefe 100644
--- a/include/linux/nmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/nmi.h
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR
 void lockup_detector_init(void);
+void lockup_detector_soft_poweroff(void);
 #else
-static inline void lockup_detector_init(void)
-{
-}
+static inline void lockup_detector_init(void) { }
+static inline void lockup_detector_soft_poweroff(void) { }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index f5d52024f6b72a9d1354b1a44c12c3e3b6af06a9..f23e373aa3bfcac9a40f6e6b85e7718dfaa81aa1 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ 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)
+	if (!watchdog_enabled ||
+	    atomic_read(&watchdog_park_in_progress) != 0)
 		return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 
 	/* kick the hardlockup detector */
@@ -660,6 +661,17 @@ static void set_sample_period(void)
 }
 #endif /* SOFTLOCKUP */
 
+/**
+ * lockup_detector_soft_poweroff - Interface to stop lockup detector(s)
+ *
+ * Special interface for parisc. It prevents lockup detector warnings from
+ * the default pm_poweroff() function which busy loops forever.
+ */
+void lockup_detector_soft_poweroff(void)
+{
+	watchdog_enabled = 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Suspend the hard and soft lockup detector by parking the watchdog threads.
  */