1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c b/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
index c66fa6694fc3..fd83dd052d8c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sbc8360.c
@@ -231,6 +231,13 @@ static void sbc8360_ping(void)
         outb(wd_margin, SBC8360_BASETIME);
 }
 
+/* stop watchdog */
+static void sbc8360_stop(void)
+{
+        /* De-activate the watchdog */
+        outb(0, SBC8360_ENABLE);
+}
+
 /* Userspace pings kernel driver, or requests clean close */
 static ssize_t sbc8360_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
                              size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -271,7 +278,7 @@ static int sbc8360_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static int sbc8360_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
         if (expect_close == 42)
-                outb(0, SBC8360_ENABLE);
+                sbc8360_stop();
         else
                 printk(KERN_CRIT PFX
                         "SBC8360 device closed unexpectedly.  SBC8360 will not stop!\n");
@@ -288,10 +295,9 @@ static int sbc8360_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static int sbc8360_notify_sys(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long code,
                               void *unused)
 {
-        if (code == SYS_DOWN || code == SYS_HALT) {
-                /* Disable the SBC8360 Watchdog */
-                outb(0, SBC8360_ENABLE);
-        }
+        if (code == SYS_DOWN || code == SYS_HALT)
+                sbc8360_stop(); /* Disable the SBC8360 Watchdog */
+
         return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }