static int rwdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdev)
{
struct rwdt_priv *priv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdev);
+ u8 val;
pm_runtime_get_sync(wdev->parent);
- rwdt_write(priv, 0, RWTCSRB);
- rwdt_write(priv, priv->cks, RWTCSRA);
+ /* Stop the timer before we modify any register */
+ val = readb_relaxed(priv->base + RWTCSRA) & ~RWTCSRA_TME;
+ rwdt_write(priv, val, RWTCSRA);
+
rwdt_init_timeout(wdev);
+ rwdt_write(priv, priv->cks, RWTCSRA);
+ rwdt_write(priv, 0, RWTCSRB);
while (readb_relaxed(priv->base + RWTCSRA) & RWTCSRA_WRFLG)
cpu_relax();