diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index f41334ef097130da12b365e61ae75533775205ad..b6b1f54a78376e6429ab3bc97e2c09c79f9428cc 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ static void lockup_detector_update_enable(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR
 
+#define SOFTLOCKUP_RESET	ULONG_MAX
+
 /* Global variables, exported for sysctl */
 unsigned int __read_mostly softlockup_panic =
 			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE;
@@ -173,8 +175,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct hrtimer, watchdog_hrtimer);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, softlockup_touch_sync);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, soft_watchdog_warn);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, hrtimer_interrupts);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, soft_lockup_hrtimer_cnt);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, softlockup_task_ptr_saved);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, hrtimer_interrupts_saved);
 static unsigned long soft_lockup_nmi_warn;
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ notrace void touch_softlockup_watchdog_sched(void)
 	 * Preemption can be enabled.  It doesn't matter which CPU's timestamp
 	 * gets zeroed here, so use the raw_ operation.
 	 */
-	raw_cpu_write(watchdog_touch_ts, 0);
+	raw_cpu_write(watchdog_touch_ts, SOFTLOCKUP_RESET);
 }
 
 notrace void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void)
@@ -298,14 +298,14 @@ void touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs(void)
 	 * the softlockup check.
 	 */
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, &watchdog_allowed_mask)
-		per_cpu(watchdog_touch_ts, cpu) = 0;
+		per_cpu(watchdog_touch_ts, cpu) = SOFTLOCKUP_RESET;
 	wq_watchdog_touch(-1);
 }
 
 void touch_softlockup_watchdog_sync(void)
 {
 	__this_cpu_write(softlockup_touch_sync, true);
-	__this_cpu_write(watchdog_touch_ts, 0);
+	__this_cpu_write(watchdog_touch_ts, SOFTLOCKUP_RESET);
 }
 
 static int is_softlockup(unsigned long touch_ts)
@@ -350,8 +350,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_stop_work, softlockup_stop_work);
  */
 static int softlockup_fn(void *data)
 {
-	__this_cpu_write(soft_lockup_hrtimer_cnt,
-			 __this_cpu_read(hrtimer_interrupts));
 	__touch_watchdog();
 	complete(this_cpu_ptr(&softlockup_completion));
 
@@ -383,7 +381,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 	/* .. and repeat */
 	hrtimer_forward_now(hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(sample_period));
 
-	if (touch_ts == 0) {
+	if (touch_ts == SOFTLOCKUP_RESET) {
 		if (unlikely(__this_cpu_read(softlockup_touch_sync))) {
 			/*
 			 * If the time stamp was touched atomically
@@ -416,22 +414,8 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 			return HRTIMER_RESTART;
 
 		/* only warn once */
-		if (__this_cpu_read(soft_watchdog_warn) == true) {
-			/*
-			 * When multiple processes are causing softlockups the
-			 * softlockup detector only warns on the first one
-			 * because the code relies on a full quiet cycle to
-			 * re-arm.  The second process prevents the quiet cycle
-			 * and never gets reported.  Use task pointers to detect
-			 * this.
-			 */
-			if (__this_cpu_read(softlockup_task_ptr_saved) !=
-			    current) {
-				__this_cpu_write(soft_watchdog_warn, false);
-				__touch_watchdog();
-			}
+		if (__this_cpu_read(soft_watchdog_warn) == true)
 			return HRTIMER_RESTART;
-		}
 
 		if (softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace) {
 			/* Prevent multiple soft-lockup reports if one cpu is already
@@ -447,7 +431,6 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 		pr_emerg("BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %us! [%s:%d]\n",
 			smp_processor_id(), duration,
 			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
-		__this_cpu_write(softlockup_task_ptr_saved, current);
 		print_modules();
 		print_irqtrace_events(current);
 		if (regs)