HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
 }
 
-static void update_timers(int cpu)
+static void update_watchdog(int cpu)
 {
        /*
         * Make sure that perf event counter will adopt to a new
        watchdog_nmi_enable(cpu);
 }
 
-static void update_timers_all_cpus(void)
+static void update_watchdog_all_cpus(void)
 {
        int cpu;
 
        get_online_cpus();
        for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
-               update_timers(cpu);
+               update_watchdog(cpu);
        put_online_cpus();
 }
 
-static int watchdog_enable_all_cpus(bool sample_period_changed)
+static int watchdog_enable_all_cpus(void)
 {
        int err = 0;
 
                        pr_err("Failed to create watchdog threads, disabled\n");
                else
                        watchdog_running = 1;
-       } else if (sample_period_changed) {
-               update_timers_all_cpus();
+       } else {
+               /*
+                * Enable/disable the lockup detectors or
+                * change the sample period 'on the fly'.
+                */
+               update_watchdog_all_cpus();
        }
 
        return err;
         * or disabled 'on the fly'.
         */
        if (watchdog_enabled && watchdog_thresh)
-               err = watchdog_enable_all_cpus(true);
+               err = watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
        else
                watchdog_disable_all_cpus();
 
        set_sample_period();
 
        if (watchdog_enabled)
-               watchdog_enable_all_cpus(false);
+               watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
 }