diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
index 171d5033d7b5..68e84a212d00 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ static bool ilo5;
 static unsigned int soft_margin = DEFAULT_MARGIN;	/* in seconds */
 static unsigned int reload;			/* the computed soft_margin */
 static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
-static unsigned int allow_kdump = 1;
-#endif
 
 static void __iomem *pci_mem_addr;		/* the PCI-memory address */
 static unsigned long __iomem *hpwdt_nmistat;
@@ -124,8 +121,7 @@ static int hpwdt_pretimeout(unsigned int ulReason, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (ilo5 && ulReason == NMI_UNKNOWN && mynmi)
 		return NMI_DONE;
 
-	if (allow_kdump)
-		hpwdt_stop();
+	hpwdt_stop();
 
 	hex_byte_pack(panic_msg, mynmi);
 	nmi_panic(regs, panic_msg);
@@ -186,9 +182,8 @@ static int hpwdt_init_nmi_decoding(struct pci_dev *dev)
 		goto error2;
 
 	dev_info(&dev->dev,
-			"HPE Watchdog Timer Driver: NMI decoding initialized"
-			", allow kernel dump: %s (default = 1/ON)\n",
-			(allow_kdump == 0) ? "OFF" : "ON");
+		"HPE Watchdog Timer Driver: NMI decoding initialized\n");
+
 	return 0;
 
 error2:
@@ -322,9 +317,4 @@ module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
 		__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
-module_param(allow_kdump, int, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(allow_kdump, "Start a kernel dump after NMI occurs");
-#endif /* CONFIG_HPWDT_NMI_DECODING */
-
 module_pci_driver(hpwdt_driver);