__this_cpu_inc(hrtimer_interrupts);
 }
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct completion, softlockup_completion);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_stop_work, softlockup_stop_work);
+
 /*
  * The watchdog thread function - touches the timestamp.
  *
        __this_cpu_write(soft_lockup_hrtimer_cnt,
                         __this_cpu_read(hrtimer_interrupts));
        __touch_watchdog();
+       complete(this_cpu_ptr(&softlockup_completion));
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_stop_work, softlockup_stop_work);
-
 /* watchdog kicker functions */
 static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 {
        watchdog_interrupt_count();
 
        /* kick the softlockup detector */
-       stop_one_cpu_nowait(smp_processor_id(),
-                       softlockup_fn, NULL,
-                       this_cpu_ptr(&softlockup_stop_work));
+       if (completion_done(this_cpu_ptr(&softlockup_completion))) {
+               reinit_completion(this_cpu_ptr(&softlockup_completion));
+               stop_one_cpu_nowait(smp_processor_id(),
+                               softlockup_fn, NULL,
+                               this_cpu_ptr(&softlockup_stop_work));
+       }
 
        /* .. and repeat */
        hrtimer_forward_now(hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(sample_period));
 static void watchdog_enable(unsigned int cpu)
 {
        struct hrtimer *hrtimer = this_cpu_ptr(&watchdog_hrtimer);
+       struct completion *done = this_cpu_ptr(&softlockup_completion);
 
        WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu != smp_processor_id());
 
+       init_completion(done);
+       complete(done);
+
        /*
         * Start the timer first to prevent the NMI watchdog triggering
         * before the timer has a chance to fire.
         */
        watchdog_nmi_disable(cpu);
        hrtimer_cancel(hrtimer);
+       wait_for_completion(this_cpu_ptr(&softlockup_completion));
 }
 
 static int softlockup_stop_fn(void *data)