diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
index 7d82adac1cb204cf073aee4aced6c90f821fd259..102aed0efbf158a02271cb06dc25b1388a899736 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/lantiq_wdt.c
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ static int ltq_wdt_ok_to_close;
 static void
 ltq_wdt_enable(void)
 {
-	ltq_wdt_timeout = ltq_wdt_timeout *
+	unsigned long int timeout = ltq_wdt_timeout *
 			(ltq_io_region_clk_rate / LTQ_WDT_DIVIDER) + 0x1000;
-	if (ltq_wdt_timeout > LTQ_MAX_TIMEOUT)
-		ltq_wdt_timeout = LTQ_MAX_TIMEOUT;
+	if (timeout > LTQ_MAX_TIMEOUT)
+		timeout = LTQ_MAX_TIMEOUT;
 
 	/* write the first password magic */
 	ltq_w32(LTQ_WDT_PW1, ltq_wdt_membase + LTQ_WDT_CR);
 	/* write the second magic plus the configuration and new timeout */
 	ltq_w32(LTQ_WDT_SR_EN | LTQ_WDT_SR_PWD | LTQ_WDT_SR_CLKDIV |
-		LTQ_WDT_PW2 | ltq_wdt_timeout, ltq_wdt_membase + LTQ_WDT_CR);
+		LTQ_WDT_PW2 | timeout, ltq_wdt_membase + LTQ_WDT_CR);
 }
 
 static void