diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h
index 750c7f395ca9..f700ff2df074 100644
--- a/include/linux/nmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/nmi.h
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ int watchdog_nmi_probe(void);
 int watchdog_nmi_enable(unsigned int cpu);
 void watchdog_nmi_disable(unsigned int cpu);
 
+void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void);
+
 /**
  * touch_nmi_watchdog - restart NMI watchdog timeout.
  *
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 01bf977090dc..ec34d9f2eab2 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ int lockup_detector_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
+static void __lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
 {
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	watchdog_nmi_stop();
@@ -538,6 +538,13 @@ static void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
 	__lockup_detector_cleanup();
 }
 
+void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&watchdog_mutex);
+	__lockup_detector_reconfigure();
+	mutex_unlock(&watchdog_mutex);
+}
+
 /*
  * Create the watchdog thread infrastructure and configure the detector(s).
  *
@@ -558,13 +565,13 @@ static __init void lockup_detector_setup(void)
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&watchdog_mutex);
-	lockup_detector_reconfigure();
+	__lockup_detector_reconfigure();
 	softlockup_initialized = true;
 	mutex_unlock(&watchdog_mutex);
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR */
-static void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
+static void __lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
 {
 	cpus_read_lock();
 	watchdog_nmi_stop();
@@ -572,9 +579,13 @@ static void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
 	watchdog_nmi_start();
 	cpus_read_unlock();
 }
+void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
+{
+	__lockup_detector_reconfigure();
+}
 static inline void lockup_detector_setup(void)
 {
-	lockup_detector_reconfigure();
+	__lockup_detector_reconfigure();
 }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR */
 
@@ -614,7 +625,7 @@ static void proc_watchdog_update(void)
 {
 	/* Remove impossible cpus to keep sysctl output clean. */
 	cpumask_and(&watchdog_cpumask, &watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
-	lockup_detector_reconfigure();
+	__lockup_detector_reconfigure();
 }
 
 /*