diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index bf44e45..d5d3af1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 			      rcu_read_lock_sched_held() || \
 			      lockdep_is_held(&mce_chrdev_read_mutex))
 
+/* sysfs synchronization */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/mce.h>
 
@@ -2183,6 +2186,7 @@
 	if (kstrtou64(buf, 0, &new) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
 	if (mca_cfg.ignore_ce ^ !!new) {
 		if (new) {
 			/* disable ce features */
@@ -2195,6 +2199,8 @@
 			on_each_cpu(mce_enable_ce, (void *)1, 1);
 		}
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
 	return size;
 }
 
@@ -2207,6 +2213,7 @@
 	if (kstrtou64(buf, 0, &new) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
 	if (mca_cfg.cmci_disabled ^ !!new) {
 		if (new) {
 			/* disable cmci */
@@ -2218,6 +2225,8 @@
 			on_each_cpu(mce_enable_ce, NULL, 1);
 		}
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
 	return size;
 }
 
@@ -2225,8 +2234,19 @@
 				      struct device_attribute *attr,
 				      const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
-	ssize_t ret = device_store_int(s, attr, buf, size);
+	unsigned long old_check_interval = check_interval;
+	ssize_t ret = device_store_ulong(s, attr, buf, size);
+
+	if (check_interval == old_check_interval)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (check_interval < 1)
+		check_interval = 1;
+
+	mutex_lock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
 	mce_restart();
+	mutex_unlock(&mce_sysfs_mutex);
+
 	return ret;
 }