diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index f6b32b8..0a23125 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
  * Should we panic when a soft-lockup or hard-lockup occurs:
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
-static int hardlockup_panic =
+unsigned int __read_mostly hardlockup_panic =
 			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE;
 static unsigned long hardlockup_allcpu_dumped;
 /*