diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e07c432..042588f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1971,6 +1971,9 @@
 
 	snd-ymfpci=	[HW,ALSA]
 
+	softlockup_panic=
+			[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
+
 	sonypi.*=	[HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
 			See Documentation/sonypi.txt
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index c5d3f84..69760a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -294,10 +294,11 @@
 extern void spawn_softlockup_task(void);
 extern void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void);
 extern void touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs(void);
-extern unsigned long  softlockup_thresh;
+extern unsigned int  softlockup_panic;
 extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_check_count;
 extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs;
 extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_warnings;
+extern int softlockup_thresh;
 #else
 static inline void softlockup_tick(void)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/softlockup.c b/kernel/softlockup.c
index c828c23..f2bf5de 100644
--- a/kernel/softlockup.c
+++ b/kernel/softlockup.c
@@ -25,7 +25,22 @@
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, watchdog_task);
 
 static int __read_mostly did_panic;
-unsigned long __read_mostly softlockup_thresh = 60;
+int __read_mostly softlockup_thresh = 60;
+
+/*
+ * Should we panic (and reboot, if panic_timeout= is set) when a
+ * soft-lockup occurs:
+ */
+unsigned int __read_mostly softlockup_panic =
+				CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE;
+
+static int __init softlockup_panic_setup(char *str)
+{
+	softlockup_panic = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("softlockup_panic=", softlockup_panic_setup);
 
 static int
 softlock_panic(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
@@ -84,6 +99,14 @@
 	struct pt_regs *regs = get_irq_regs();
 	unsigned long now;
 
+	/* Is detection switched off? */
+	if (!per_cpu(watchdog_task, this_cpu) || softlockup_thresh <= 0) {
+		/* Be sure we don't false trigger if switched back on */
+		if (touch_timestamp)
+			per_cpu(touch_timestamp, this_cpu) = 0;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (touch_timestamp == 0) {
 		__touch_softlockup_watchdog();
 		return;
@@ -94,7 +117,7 @@
 	/* report at most once a second */
 	if ((print_timestamp >= touch_timestamp &&
 			print_timestamp < (touch_timestamp + 1)) ||
-			did_panic || !per_cpu(watchdog_task, this_cpu)) {
+			did_panic) {
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -120,11 +143,15 @@
 	printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %lus! [%s:%d]\n",
 			this_cpu, now - touch_timestamp,
 			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
+	print_modules();
 	if (regs)
 		show_regs(regs);
 	else
 		dump_stack();
 	spin_unlock(&print_lock);
+
+	if (softlockup_panic)
+		panic("softlockup: hung tasks");
 }
 
 /*
@@ -177,6 +204,9 @@
 
 	t->last_switch_timestamp = now;
 	touch_nmi_watchdog();
+
+	if (softlockup_panic)
+		panic("softlockup: blocked tasks");
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 2911665..a829dc8 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -84,12 +84,13 @@
 extern int sysctl_nr_open_min, sysctl_nr_open_max;
 
 /* Constants used for minimum and  maximum */
-#if defined(CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP) || defined(CONFIG_HIGHMEM)
+#if defined(CONFIG_HIGHMEM) || defined(CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP)
 static int one = 1;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
 static int sixty = 60;
+static int neg_one = -1;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -729,13 +730,24 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
-		.procname	= "softlockup_thresh",
-		.data		= &softlockup_thresh,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned long),
+		.procname	= "softlockup_panic",
+		.data		= &softlockup_panic,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_doulongvec_minmax,
 		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
-		.extra1		= &one,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "softlockup_thresh",
+		.data		= &softlockup_thresh,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1		= &neg_one,
 		.extra2		= &sixty,
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index b854a89..28abad6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@
 	if (!ts->tick_stopped)
 		return;
 
-	touch_softlockup_watchdog();
-
 	cpu_clear(cpu, nohz_cpu_mask);
 	now = ktime_get();
 	ts->idle_waketime = now;
@@ -142,6 +140,8 @@
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	tick_do_update_jiffies64(now);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+	touch_softlockup_watchdog();
 }
 
 void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index d2099f4..509ae35 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 	help
 	  Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "soft lockups",
 	  which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
-	  mode for more than 10 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+	  mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
 	  chance to run.
 
 	  When a soft-lockup is detected, the kernel will print the
@@ -159,6 +159,30 @@
 	   can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that
 	   support it.)
 
+config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+	bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups"
+	depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+	help
+	  Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups",
+	  which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
+	  mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+	  chance to run.
+
+	  The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout,
+	  to cause the system to reboot automatically after a
+	  lockup has been detected. This feature is useful for
+	  high-availability systems that have uptime guarantees and
+	  where a lockup must be resolved ASAP.
+
+	  Say N if unsure.
+
+config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
+	int
+	depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+	range 0 1
+	default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+	default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+
 config SCHED_DEBUG
 	bool "Collect scheduler debugging info"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS