diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index a3b688287a8d1b4be61bfc67466756942a2255bc..e9261e938f6ab8657586f6c068be1766bd725667 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1597,11 +1597,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
 
 	nmi_watchdog=	[KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
-			Format: [panic,][num]
+			Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
 			Valid num: 0
 			0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
 			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
-			timeout occurs.
+			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
+			default).
 			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
 			need the box quickly up again.
 
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 18bb15776c57162b60675adf69e7afd765b34fb0..054a67cca9da37b07ebd1fad5f415d8bb7b711db 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -48,12 +48,15 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event *, watchdog_ev);
  * Should we panic when a soft-lockup or hard-lockup occurs:
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
-static int hardlockup_panic;
+static int hardlockup_panic =
+			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE;
 
 static int __init hardlockup_panic_setup(char *str)
 {
 	if (!strncmp(str, "panic", 5))
 		hardlockup_panic = 1;
+	else if (!strncmp(str, "nopanic", 7))
+		hardlockup_panic = 0;
 	else if (!strncmp(str, "0", 1))
 		watchdog_enabled = 0;
 	return 1;
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 191c5c4c89fcf92fc18e3728cd382f4f39f8e1ce..fb0afeff9436c55d2f10325798d08df74dafbae1 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -171,6 +171,23 @@ config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
 	def_bool LOCKUP_DETECTOR && PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && \
 		 !ARCH_HAS_NMI_WATCHDOG
 
+config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
+	bool "Panic (Reboot) On Hard Lockups"
+	depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR
+	help
+	  Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hard lockups",
+	  which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
+	  mode with interrupts disabled for more than 60 seconds.
+
+	  Say N if unsure.
+
+config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
+	int
+	depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR
+	range 0 1
+	default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
+	default 1 if BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
+
 config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
 	bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups"
 	depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR