--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
+index ba10ae1..d3bbb92 100644
+--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
++++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nmi_active);
+ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ unsigned int nmi_watchdog = NMI_DEFAULT;
+ #else
+-unsigned int nmi_watchdog = NMI_NONE;
++unsigned int nmi_watchdog = NMI_IO_APIC;
+ #endif
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nmi_watchdog);
+