diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/watchdog_sdei.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/watchdog_sdei.c
index 99ab9bdfdee6e891afdbb0f560beb72ff3154f01..c342f86560d530790cbb92848c3d03de8da8ed89 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/watchdog_sdei.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/watchdog_sdei.c
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ int watchdog_nmi_enable(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (!sdei_watchdog_registered)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_CHECK_TIMESTAMP
 	refresh_hld_last_timestamp();
+#endif
+
+	sdei_api_set_secure_timer_period(watchdog_thresh);
 
 	ret = sdei_api_event_enable(sdei_watchdog_event_num);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -104,6 +108,17 @@ int __init watchdog_nmi_probe(void)
 		return sdei_watchdog_event_num;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * After we introduced 'sdei_api_set_secure_timer_period', we disselect
+	 * 'CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_CHECK_TIMESTAMP'. So we need to make sure that
+	 * firmware can set the period of the secure timer and the timer
+	 * interrupt doesn't trigger too soon.
+	 */
+	if (sdei_api_set_secure_timer_period(watchdog_thresh)) {
+		pr_err("Firmware doesn't support setting the secure timer period, please update your BIOS !\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	on_each_cpu(sdei_nmi_watchdog_bind, NULL, true);
 
 	ret = sdei_event_register(sdei_watchdog_event_num,
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c
index 9231acf5d2e3ae13f4a03c2e89da613719b46528..ac21e8d77ecdf0bc7a6cfd2dbcef41eb07d925f8 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_sdei.c
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@ int sdei_api_clear_eoi(int hwirq)
 			NULL);
 }
 
+int sdei_api_set_secure_timer_period(int sec)
+{
+	return invoke_sdei_fn(SDEI_1_0_FN_SET_SECURE_TIMER_PERIOD, sec, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, NULL);
+}
+
 static int sdei_api_event_get_info(u32 event, u32 info, u64 *result)
 {
 	return invoke_sdei_fn(SDEI_1_0_FN_SDEI_EVENT_GET_INFO, event, info, 0,
diff --git a/include/linux/arm_sdei.h b/include/linux/arm_sdei.h
index 990f4234b244c6ddefb08a6ed953c7c331e9e9d7..55d7d42ddad127ad1d9627bbb96e65675bad456b 100644
--- a/include/linux/arm_sdei.h
+++ b/include/linux/arm_sdei.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ int sdei_api_event_interrupt_bind(int hwirq);
 int sdei_api_event_disable(u32 event_num);
 int sdei_api_event_enable(u32 event_num);
 int sdei_api_clear_eoi(int hwirq);
+int sdei_api_set_secure_timer_period(int sec);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SDE_INTERFACE
 /* For use by arch code when CPU hotplug notifiers are not appropriate. */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/arm_sdei.h b/include/uapi/linux/arm_sdei.h
index 1187b1b49c87db86884d9ac50abebced596109b9..a5375679dd503dbef5acc176442ecd073773aef3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/arm_sdei.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/arm_sdei.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define SDEI_1_0_FN_SDEI_PRIVATE_RESET			SDEI_1_0_FN(0x11)
 #define SDEI_1_0_FN_SDEI_SHARED_RESET			SDEI_1_0_FN(0x12)
 #define SDEI_1_0_FN_SDEI_CLEAR_EOI			SDEI_1_0_FN(0x18)
+#define SDEI_1_0_FN_SET_SECURE_TIMER_PERIOD		SDEI_1_0_FN(0x19)
 
 #define SDEI_VERSION_MAJOR_SHIFT			48
 #define SDEI_VERSION_MAJOR_MASK				0x7fff
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 486ba8fa74bf84dea28c6814d3e02cc712a9a017..5f8d154a2cf9d977de090342423149612eac53ec 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ config SDEI_WATCHDOG
 	bool "SDEI NMI Watchdog support"
 	depends on ARM_SDE_INTERFACE
 	select HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_ARCH
-	select HARDLOCKUP_CHECK_TIMESTAMP
 
 config PMU_WATCHDOG
 	bool "PMU NMI Watchdog support"