diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 0b7a00ed6c49..caa421ba078f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1765,7 +1765,6 @@ static const struct sysctl_alias sysctl_aliases[] = {
 	{"hung_task_panic",			"kernel.hung_task_panic" },
 	{"numa_zonelist_order",			"vm.numa_zonelist_order" },
 	{"softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace",	"kernel.softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace" },
-	{"softlockup_panic",			"kernel.softlockup_panic" },
 	{ }
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 1cfa269bd448..271a015d2b85 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, hrtimer_interrupts);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, hrtimer_interrupts_saved);
 static unsigned long soft_lockup_nmi_warn;
 
+static int __init softlockup_panic_setup(char *str)
+{
+	softlockup_panic = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("softlockup_panic=", softlockup_panic_setup);
+
 static int __init nowatchdog_setup(char *str)
 {
 	watchdog_user_enabled = 0;