1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
index 458c499c1223..18cdeb4c4258 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ static __devinit int ts72xx_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
         wdt->pdev = pdev;
         mutex_init(&wdt->lock);
 
+        /* make sure that the watchdog is disabled */
+        ts72xx_wdt_stop(wdt);
+
         error = misc_register(&ts72xx_wdt_miscdev);
         if (error) {
                 dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register miscdev\n");