3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
index 1eff743ec497..ae60406ea8a1 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
@@ -814,6 +814,9 @@ static int __devinit hpwdt_init_one(struct pci_dev *dev,
         hpwdt_timer_reg = pci_mem_addr + 0x70;
         hpwdt_timer_con = pci_mem_addr + 0x72;
 
+        /* Make sure that timer is disabled until /dev/watchdog is opened */
+        hpwdt_stop();
+
         /* Make sure that we have a valid soft_margin */
         if (hpwdt_change_timer(soft_margin))
                 hpwdt_change_timer(DEFAULT_MARGIN);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
index 40f7bf1f8654..e6a038ae8dc2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static int __devinit mpc8xxx_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
         int ret;
         const struct of_device_id *match;
         struct device_node *np = ofdev->dev.of_node;
-        struct mpc8xxx_wdt_type *wdt_type;
+        const struct mpc8xxx_wdt_type *wdt_type;
         u32 freq = fsl_get_sys_freq();
         bool enabled;
 
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
index 6aa46a90ff02..3796434991fa 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
@@ -128,11 +128,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(watchdog_register_device);
 void watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 {
         int ret;
-        int devno = wdd->cdev.dev;
+        int devno;
 
         if (wdd == NULL)
                 return;
 
+        devno = wdd->cdev.dev;
         ret = watchdog_dev_unregister(wdd);
         if (ret)
                 pr_err("error unregistering /dev/watchdog (err=%d)\n", ret);