diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 5c7ae4c3954b..8287e9e1d28d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ config ARM64
 	select HAVE_NMI
 	select HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
+	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI if ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI
+	select HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF if PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI
 	select HAVE_PERF_REGS
 	select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
 	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index 3f1490bfb938..789c2fe5bb90 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES)			+= module.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS)		+= module-plts.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS)		+= perf_regs.o perf_callchain.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS)		+= perf_event.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF)	+= watchdog_hld.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT)	+= hw_breakpoint.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_PM)			+= sleep.o suspend.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_IDLE)			+= cpuidle.o
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
index b4044469527e..a34343d0f418 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/sched_clock.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
 
 /* ARMv8 Cortex-A53 specific event types. */
 #define ARMV8_A53_PERFCTR_PREF_LINEFILL				0xC2
@@ -1284,10 +1285,16 @@ static struct platform_driver armv8_pmu_driver = {
 
 static int __init armv8_pmu_driver_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (acpi_disabled)
-		return platform_driver_register(&armv8_pmu_driver);
+		ret = platform_driver_register(&armv8_pmu_driver);
 	else
-		return arm_pmu_acpi_probe(armv8_pmuv3_init);
+		ret = arm_pmu_acpi_probe(armv8_pmuv3_init);
+
+	hld_detector_delay_initialized = true;
+	wake_up(&hld_detector_wait);
+	return ret;
 }
 device_initcall(armv8_pmu_driver_init)
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/watchdog_hld.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..379743e0d001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/cpufreq.h>
+#include <linux/perf/arm_pmu.h>
+
+/*
+ * Safe maximum CPU frequency in case a particular platform doesn't implement
+ * cpufreq driver. Although, architecture doesn't put any restrictions on
+ * maximum frequency but 5 GHz seems to be safe maximum given the available
+ * Arm CPUs in the market which are clocked much less than 5 GHz. On the other
+ * hand, we can't make it much higher as it would lead to a large hard-lockup
+ * detection timeout on parts which are running slower (eg. 1GHz on
+ * Developerbox) and doesn't possess a cpufreq driver.
+ */
+#define SAFE_MAX_CPU_FREQ	5000000000UL // 5 GHz
+u64 hw_nmi_get_sample_period(int watchdog_thresh)
+{
+	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	unsigned long max_cpu_freq;
+
+	max_cpu_freq = cpufreq_get_hw_max_freq(cpu) * 1000UL;
+	if (!max_cpu_freq)
+		max_cpu_freq = SAFE_MAX_CPU_FREQ;
+
+	return (u64)max_cpu_freq * watchdog_thresh;
+}
+
+int __init watchdog_nmi_probe(void)
+{
+	if (!hld_detector_delay_initialized)
+		return -EBUSY;
+	else if (!arm_pmu_irq_is_nmi())
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return hardlockup_detector_perf_init();
+}
diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
index 3cbc3baf087f..2aecb0c34290 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
@@ -697,6 +697,11 @@ static int armpmu_get_cpu_irq(struct arm_pmu *pmu, int cpu)
 	return per_cpu(hw_events->irq, cpu);
 }
 
+bool arm_pmu_irq_is_nmi(void)
+{
+	return has_nmi;
+}
+
 /*
  * PMU hardware loses all context when a CPU goes offline.
  * When a CPU is hotplugged back in, since some hardware registers are
diff --git a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
index 505480217cf1..bf7966776c55 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ int arm_pmu_acpi_probe(armpmu_init_fn init_fn);
 static inline int arm_pmu_acpi_probe(armpmu_init_fn init_fn) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
+bool arm_pmu_irq_is_nmi(void);
+
 /* Internal functions only for core arm_pmu code */
 struct arm_pmu *armpmu_alloc(void);
 struct arm_pmu *armpmu_alloc_atomic(void);
