diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
index cfbb01c4316338bfa8a8538e1eee7c8834d4b083..8a0ef65a0691c21bdda0ef482772755c5c7dc1b4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/i6300esb.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #define ESB_WDT_INTTYPE (0x11 << 0)   /* Interrupt type on timer1 timeout  */
 
 /* Reload register bits */
+#define ESB_WDT_TIMEOUT (0x01 << 9)    /* Watchdog timed out                */
 #define ESB_WDT_RELOAD  (0x01 << 8)    /* prevent timeout                   */
 
 /* Magic constants */
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ static struct platform_device *esb_platform_device;
 /* 30 sec default heartbeat (1 < heartbeat < 2*1023) */
 #define WATCHDOG_HEARTBEAT 30
 static int heartbeat = WATCHDOG_HEARTBEAT;  /* in seconds */
-
 module_param(heartbeat, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(heartbeat,
 		"Watchdog heartbeat in seconds. (1<heartbeat<2046, default="
@@ -190,18 +190,6 @@ static int esb_timer_set_heartbeat(int time)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int esb_timer_read(void)
-{
-	u32 count;
-
-	/* This isn't documented, and doesn't take into
-	 * acount which stage is running, but it looks
-	 * like a 20 bit count down, so we might as well report it.
-	 */
-	pci_read_config_dword(esb_pci, 0x64, &count);
-	return (int)count;
-}
-
 /*
  *	/dev/watchdog handling
  */
@@ -282,7 +270,7 @@ static long esb_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 					sizeof(ident)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 
 	case WDIOC_GETSTATUS:
-		return put_user(esb_timer_read(), p);
+		return put_user(0, p);
 
 	case WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS:
 		return put_user(triggered, p);
@@ -412,11 +400,12 @@ static unsigned char __devinit esb_getdevice(void)
 		/* Check if the watchdog was previously triggered */
 		esb_unlock_registers();
 		val2 = readw(ESB_RELOAD_REG);
-		triggered = (val2 & (0x01 << 9) >> 9);
+		if (val2 & ESB_WDT_TIMEOUT)
+			triggered = WDIOF_CARDRESET;
 
 		/* Reset trigger flag and timers */
 		esb_unlock_registers();
-		writew((0x11 << 8), ESB_RELOAD_REG);
+		writew((ESB_WDT_TIMEOUT | ESB_WDT_RELOAD), ESB_RELOAD_REG);
 
 		/* Done */
 		return 1;