diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c
index af3c15a1d41e..75b2a6c4db5a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ static void set_cpumask_stuck(const struct cpumask *cpumask, u64 tb)
 {
 	cpumask_or(&wd_smp_cpus_stuck, &wd_smp_cpus_stuck, cpumask);
 	cpumask_andnot(&wd_smp_cpus_pending, &wd_smp_cpus_pending, cpumask);
+	/*
+	 * See wd_smp_clear_cpu_pending()
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
 	if (cpumask_empty(&wd_smp_cpus_pending)) {
 		wd_smp_last_reset_tb = tb;
 		cpumask_andnot(&wd_smp_cpus_pending,
@@ -217,13 +221,44 @@ static void wd_smp_clear_cpu_pending(int cpu, u64 tb)
 
 			cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &wd_smp_cpus_stuck);
 			wd_smp_unlock(&flags);
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * The last CPU to clear pending should have reset the
+			 * watchdog so we generally should not find it empty
+			 * here if our CPU was clear. However it could happen
+			 * due to a rare race with another CPU taking the
+			 * last CPU out of the mask concurrently.
+			 *
+			 * We can't add a warning for it. But just in case
+			 * there is a problem with the watchdog that is causing
+			 * the mask to not be reset, try to kick it along here.
+			 */
+			if (unlikely(cpumask_empty(&wd_smp_cpus_pending)))
+				goto none_pending;
 		}
 		return;
 	}
+
 	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &wd_smp_cpus_pending);
+
+	/*
+	 * Order the store to clear pending with the load(s) to check all
+	 * words in the pending mask to check they are all empty. This orders
+	 * with the same barrier on another CPU. This prevents two CPUs
+	 * clearing the last 2 pending bits, but neither seeing the other's
+	 * store when checking if the mask is empty, and missing an empty
+	 * mask, which ends with a false positive.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
 	if (cpumask_empty(&wd_smp_cpus_pending)) {
 		unsigned long flags;
 
+none_pending:
+		/*
+		 * Double check under lock because more than one CPU could see
+		 * a clear mask with the lockless check after clearing their
+		 * pending bits.
+		 */
 		wd_smp_lock(&flags);
 		if (cpumask_empty(&wd_smp_cpus_pending)) {
 			wd_smp_last_reset_tb = tb;
@@ -314,8 +349,12 @@ void arch_touch_nmi_watchdog(void)
 {
 	unsigned long ticks = tb_ticks_per_usec * wd_timer_period_ms * 1000;
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	u64 tb = get_tb();
+	u64 tb;
 
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &watchdog_cpumask))
+		return;
+
+	tb = get_tb();
 	if (tb - per_cpu(wd_timer_tb, cpu) >= ticks) {
 		per_cpu(wd_timer_tb, cpu) = tb;
 		wd_smp_clear_cpu_pending(cpu, tb);