diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c
index 291af79a98263e023ef4e2dd0642a04e027b4333..dfb0677644801da9c7d2b417142fed7ba4440220 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ void watchdog_nmi_reconfigure(bool run)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	if (!run) {
 		for_each_cpu(cpu, &wd_cpus_enabled)
 			stop_wd_on_cpu(cpu);
@@ -367,6 +368,7 @@ void watchdog_nmi_reconfigure(bool run)
 		for_each_cpu_and(cpu, cpu_online_mask, &watchdog_cpumask)
 			start_wd_on_cpu(cpu);
 	}
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 5eb11960e4a26a4bdd371e289b5f87cc1d10c1ae..f6ef163b72cdb96dc9adab089d291774c23d9bda 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -664,7 +664,6 @@ static int proc_watchdog_common(int which, struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
 	int err, old, *param = table->data;
 
-	cpu_hotplug_disable();
 	mutex_lock(&watchdog_mutex);
 
 	if (!write) {
@@ -681,7 +680,6 @@ static int proc_watchdog_common(int which, struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			proc_watchdog_update();
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&watchdog_mutex);
-	cpu_hotplug_enable();
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -725,7 +723,6 @@ int proc_watchdog_thresh(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
 	int err, old;
 
-	cpu_hotplug_disable();
 	mutex_lock(&watchdog_mutex);
 
 	old = READ_ONCE(watchdog_thresh);
@@ -735,7 +732,6 @@ int proc_watchdog_thresh(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		proc_watchdog_update();
 
 	mutex_unlock(&watchdog_mutex);
-	cpu_hotplug_enable();
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -750,7 +746,6 @@ int proc_watchdog_cpumask(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
 	int err;
 
-	cpu_hotplug_disable();
 	mutex_lock(&watchdog_mutex);
 
 	err = proc_do_large_bitmap(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
@@ -758,7 +753,6 @@ int proc_watchdog_cpumask(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		proc_watchdog_update();
 
 	mutex_unlock(&watchdog_mutex);
-	cpu_hotplug_enable();
 	return err;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */