diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h
index 7eefe7abf44b..80354e6fa86d 100644
--- a/include/linux/nmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/nmi.h
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR
 void lockup_detector_init(void);
 void lockup_detector_soft_poweroff(void);
+void lockup_detector_cleanup(void);
 #else
 static inline void lockup_detector_init(void) { }
 static inline void lockup_detector_soft_poweroff(void) { }
+static inline void lockup_detector_cleanup(void) { }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR
@@ -77,9 +79,13 @@ static inline void hardlockup_detector_disable(void) {}
 extern void arch_touch_nmi_watchdog(void);
 extern void hardlockup_detector_perf_stop(void);
 extern void hardlockup_detector_perf_restart(void);
+extern void hardlockup_detector_perf_disable(void);
+extern void hardlockup_detector_perf_cleanup(void);
 #else
 static inline void hardlockup_detector_perf_stop(void) { }
 static inline void hardlockup_detector_perf_restart(void) { }
+static inline void hardlockup_detector_perf_disable(void) { }
+static inline void hardlockup_detector_perf_cleanup(void) { }
 #if !defined(CONFIG_HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG)
 static inline void arch_touch_nmi_watchdog(void) {}
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index acf5308fad51..a96b348591df 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
 #include <linux/smpboot.h>
 #include <linux/relay.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -734,6 +735,11 @@ static int __ref _cpu_down(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen,
 
 out:
 	cpus_write_unlock();
+	/*
+	 * Do post unplug cleanup. This is still protected against
+	 * concurrent CPU hotplug via cpu_add_remove_lock.
+	 */
+	lockup_detector_cleanup();
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index af000956286c..dd1fd59683c5 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ int __weak watchdog_nmi_enable(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
 void __weak watchdog_nmi_disable(unsigned int cpu)
 {
+	hardlockup_detector_perf_disable();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -193,6 +195,8 @@ __setup("hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=", hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace_setup);
 #endif
 #endif
 
+static void __lockup_detector_cleanup(void);
+
 /*
  * Hard-lockup warnings should be triggered after just a few seconds. Soft-
  * lockups can have false positives under extreme conditions. So we generally
@@ -631,6 +635,24 @@ static void set_sample_period(void)
 }
 #endif /* SOFTLOCKUP */
 
+static void __lockup_detector_cleanup(void)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&watchdog_mutex);
+	hardlockup_detector_perf_cleanup();
+}
+
+/**
+ * lockup_detector_cleanup - Cleanup after cpu hotplug or sysctl changes
+ *
+ * Caller must not hold the cpu hotplug rwsem.
+ */
+void lockup_detector_cleanup(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&watchdog_mutex);
+	__lockup_detector_cleanup();
+	mutex_unlock(&watchdog_mutex);
+}
+
 /**
  * lockup_detector_soft_poweroff - Interface to stop lockup detector(s)
  *
@@ -665,6 +687,8 @@ static int proc_watchdog_update(void)
 
 	watchdog_nmi_reconfigure();
 
+	__lockup_detector_cleanup();
+
 	return err;
 
 }
@@ -837,6 +861,7 @@ int proc_watchdog_cpumask(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		}
 
 		watchdog_nmi_reconfigure();
+		__lockup_detector_cleanup();
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&watchdog_mutex);
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog_hld.c b/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
index 7b602714ea53..94111ccb09b5 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, hard_watchdog_warn);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, watchdog_nmi_touch);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event *, watchdog_ev);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event *, dead_event);
+static struct cpumask dead_events_mask;
 
 static unsigned long hardlockup_allcpu_dumped;
 static bool hardlockup_detector_disabled;
@@ -239,16 +241,18 @@ int watchdog_nmi_enable(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void watchdog_nmi_disable(unsigned int cpu)
+/**
+ * hardlockup_detector_perf_disable - Disable the local event
+ */
+void hardlockup_detector_perf_disable(void)
 {
-	struct perf_event *event = per_cpu(watchdog_ev, cpu);
+	struct perf_event *event = this_cpu_read(watchdog_ev);
 
 	if (event) {
 		perf_event_disable(event);
-		per_cpu(watchdog_ev, cpu) = NULL;
-
-		/* should be in cleanup, but blocks oprofile */
-		perf_event_release_kernel(event);
+		this_cpu_write(watchdog_ev, NULL);
+		this_cpu_write(dead_event, event);
+		cpumask_set_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &dead_events_mask);
 
 		/* watchdog_nmi_enable() expects this to be zero initially. */
 		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&watchdog_cpus))
@@ -256,6 +260,24 @@ void watchdog_nmi_disable(unsigned int cpu)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * hardlockup_detector_perf_cleanup - Cleanup disabled events and destroy them
+ *
+ * Called from lockup_detector_cleanup(). Serialized by the caller.
+ */
+void hardlockup_detector_perf_cleanup(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, &dead_events_mask) {
+		struct perf_event *event = per_cpu(dead_event, cpu);
+
+		per_cpu(dead_event, cpu) = NULL;
+		perf_event_release_kernel(event);
+	}
+	cpumask_clear(&dead_events_mask);
+}
+
 /**
  * hardlockup_detector_perf_stop - Globally stop watchdog events
  *