static DEFINE_MUTEX(mce_log_mutex);
 
+/* sysfs synchronization */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/mce.h>
 
        if (kstrtou64(buf, 0, &new) < 0)
                return -EINVAL;
 
+       mutex_lock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
        if (mca_cfg.ignore_ce ^ !!new) {
                if (new) {
                        /* disable ce features */
                        on_each_cpu(mce_enable_ce, (void *)1, 1);
                }
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
        return size;
 }
 
        if (kstrtou64(buf, 0, &new) < 0)
                return -EINVAL;
 
+       mutex_lock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
        if (mca_cfg.cmci_disabled ^ !!new) {
                if (new) {
                        /* disable cmci */
                        on_each_cpu(mce_enable_ce, NULL, 1);
                }
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
        return size;
 }
 
                                      struct device_attribute *attr,
                                      const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
-       ssize_t ret = device_store_int(s, attr, buf, size);
+       unsigned long old_check_interval = check_interval;
+       ssize_t ret = device_store_ulong(s, attr, buf, size);
+
+       if (check_interval == old_check_interval)
+               return ret;
+
+       if (check_interval < 1)
+               check_interval = 1;
+
+       mutex_lock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
        mce_restart();
+       mutex_unlock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
        return ret;
 }