diff --git a/arch/ppc/syslib/mv64x60.c b/arch/ppc/syslib/mv64x60.c
index d212b1c418a99cef263e33d6125d5b150a33c0fd..2744b8a6f66aee66daa87d9f97332f54afd2e6f2 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/syslib/mv64x60.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/syslib/mv64x60.c
@@ -441,6 +441,32 @@ static struct platform_device i2c_device = {
 };
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_WATCHDOG
+static struct mv64x60_wdt_pdata mv64x60_wdt_pdata = {
+	.timeout		= 10,  /* default watchdog expiry in seconds */
+	.bus_clk		= 133, /* default bus clock in MHz */
+};
+
+static struct resource mv64x60_wdt_resources[] = {
+	[0] = {
+		.name	= "mv64x60 wdt base",
+		.start	= MV64x60_WDT_WDC,
+		.end	= MV64x60_WDT_WDC + 8 - 1, /* two 32-bit registers */
+		.flags	= IORESOURCE_MEM,
+	},
+};
+
+static struct platform_device wdt_device = {
+	.name		= MV64x60_WDT_NAME,
+	.id		= 0,
+	.num_resources	= ARRAY_SIZE(mv64x60_wdt_resources),
+	.resource	= mv64x60_wdt_resources,
+	.dev = {
+		.platform_data = &mv64x60_wdt_pdata,
+	},
+};
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSFS) && !defined(CONFIG_GT64260)
 static struct mv64xxx_pdata mv64xxx_pdata = {
 	.hs_reg_valid	= 0,
@@ -476,6 +502,9 @@ static struct platform_device *mv64x60_pd_devs[] __initdata = {
 #ifdef	CONFIG_I2C_MV64XXX
 	&i2c_device,
 #endif
+#ifdef	CONFIG_MV64X60_WDT
+	&wdt_device,
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSFS) && !defined(CONFIG_GT64260)
 	&mv64xxx_device,
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c b/drivers/char/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
index b887cdb0133428c07d4f08613b355527dad55b82..038f76e398189a700703789151ffd5bfe818d9f8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/mv64x60_wdt.c
@@ -219,40 +219,16 @@ static struct platform_driver mv64x60_wdt_driver = {
 	},
 };
 
-static struct platform_device *mv64x60_wdt_dev;
-
 static int __init mv64x60_wdt_init(void)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	printk(KERN_INFO "MV64x60 watchdog driver\n");
 
-	mv64x60_wdt_dev = platform_device_alloc(MV64x60_WDT_NAME, -1);
-	if (!mv64x60_wdt_dev) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	ret = platform_device_add(mv64x60_wdt_dev);
-	if (ret) {
-		platform_device_put(mv64x60_wdt_dev);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	ret = platform_driver_register(&mv64x60_wdt_driver);
-	if (ret) {
-		platform_device_unregister(mv64x60_wdt_dev);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
- out:
-	return ret;
+	return platform_driver_register(&mv64x60_wdt_driver);
 }
 
 static void __exit mv64x60_wdt_exit(void)
 {
 	platform_driver_unregister(&mv64x60_wdt_driver);
-	platform_device_unregister(mv64x60_wdt_dev);
 }
 
 module_init(mv64x60_wdt_init);
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/mv64x60.h b/include/asm-ppc/mv64x60.h
index db3776f181989c65df08b11584f29a45b365ee25..fa6230fb641a67728d21b2b01e59314bb910f75e 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc/mv64x60.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/mv64x60.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ extern spinlock_t mv64x60_lock;
 #define	MV64x60_64BIT_WIN_COUNT			24
 
 /* Watchdog Platform Device, Driver Data */
-#define	MV64x60_WDT_NAME			"wdt"
+#define	MV64x60_WDT_NAME			"mv64x60_wdt"
 
 struct mv64x60_wdt_pdata {
 	int	timeout;	/* watchdog expiry in seconds, default 10 */