diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
index 0c6b02dd744c1424c3235035aab439d2f1d0d1b8..f73f1184b1c13d9b2ef62fecda27b85138f10869 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static void threshold_restart_bank(void *_tr)
 	u32 hi, lo;
 
 	/* sysfs write might race against an offline operation */
-	if (this_cpu_read(threshold_banks))
+	if (!this_cpu_read(threshold_banks) && !tr->set_lvt_off)
 		return;
 
 	rdmsr(tr->b->address, lo, hi);