1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
index ebea6e66fba9..de911c7e477c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/omap_wdt.c
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(timer_margin, "initial watchdog timeout (in seconds)");
 
 #define to_omap_wdt_dev(_wdog)  container_of(_wdog, struct omap_wdt_dev, wdog)
 
+static bool early_enable;
+module_param(early_enable, bool, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(early_enable,
+        "Watchdog is started on module insertion (default=0)");
+
 struct omap_wdt_dev {
         struct watchdog_device wdog;
         void __iomem    *base;          /* physical */
@@ -279,6 +284,9 @@ static int omap_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
         pm_runtime_put_sync(wdev->dev);
 
+        if (early_enable)
+                omap_wdt_start(&wdev->wdog);
+
         return 0;
 }