diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index e34ceb91f4c5a..86e0fbe583f2b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -312,6 +312,15 @@ static void clocksource_verify_percpu(struct clocksource *cs)
 			testcpu, cs_nsec_min, cs_nsec_max, cs->name);
 }
 
+static inline void clocksource_reset_watchdog(void)
+{
+	struct clocksource *cs;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(cs, &watchdog_list, wd_list)
+		cs->flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG;
+}
+
+
 static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused)
 {
 	u64 csnow, wdnow, cslast, wdlast, delta;
@@ -319,6 +328,7 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused)
 	int64_t wd_nsec, cs_nsec;
 	struct clocksource *cs;
 	enum wd_read_status read_ret;
+	unsigned long extra_wait = 0;
 	u32 md;
 
 	spin_lock(&watchdog_lock);
@@ -338,13 +348,30 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused)
 
 		read_ret = cs_watchdog_read(cs, &csnow, &wdnow);
 
-		if (read_ret != WD_READ_SUCCESS) {
-			if (read_ret == WD_READ_UNSTABLE)
-				/* Clock readout unreliable, so give it up. */
-				__clocksource_unstable(cs);
+		if (read_ret == WD_READ_UNSTABLE) {
+			/* Clock readout unreliable, so give it up. */
+			__clocksource_unstable(cs);
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * When WD_READ_SKIP is returned, it means the system is likely
+		 * under very heavy load, where the latency of reading
+		 * watchdog/clocksource is very big, and affect the accuracy of
+		 * watchdog check. So give system some space and suspend the
+		 * watchdog check for 5 minutes.
+		 */
+		if (read_ret == WD_READ_SKIP) {
+			/*
+			 * As the watchdog timer will be suspended, and
+			 * cs->last could keep unchanged for 5 minutes, reset
+			 * the counters.
+			 */
+			clocksource_reset_watchdog();
+			extra_wait = HZ * 300;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		/* Clocksource initialized ? */
 		if (!(cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG) ||
 		    atomic_read(&watchdog_reset_pending)) {
@@ -434,7 +461,7 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused)
 	 * pair clocksource_stop_watchdog() clocksource_start_watchdog().
 	 */
 	if (!timer_pending(&watchdog_timer)) {
-		watchdog_timer.expires += WATCHDOG_INTERVAL;
+		watchdog_timer.expires += WATCHDOG_INTERVAL + extra_wait;
 		add_timer_on(&watchdog_timer, next_cpu);
 	}
 out:
@@ -459,14 +486,6 @@ static inline void clocksource_stop_watchdog(void)
 	watchdog_running = 0;
 }
 
-static inline void clocksource_reset_watchdog(void)
-{
-	struct clocksource *cs;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(cs, &watchdog_list, wd_list)
-		cs->flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG;
-}
-
 static void clocksource_resume_watchdog(void)
 {
 	atomic_inc(&watchdog_reset_pending);