diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 27a2338deb4ae32d12dd0789a63503666d8e66c1..cb89fa8db110a98df702bbd4bed884d1b45b25dd 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ void tick_nohz_update_jiffies(void)
 	if (!ts->tick_stopped)
 		return;
 
+	touch_softlockup_watchdog();
+
 	cpu_clear(cpu, nohz_cpu_mask);
 	now = ktime_get();