diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index b036677df8c445420906c722d00611dedcaf8b0a..24efd8ea41bb04bab6830cfddfd2281881ec9ae7 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ config OMAP_WATCHDOG
 	  here to enable the OMAP1610/OMAP1710/OMAP2420/OMAP3430/OMAP4430 watchdog timer.
 
 config PNX4008_WATCHDOG
-	tristate "PNX4008 Watchdog"
-	depends on ARCH_PNX4008
+	tristate "PNX4008 and LPC32XX Watchdog"
+	depends on ARCH_PNX4008 || ARCH_LPC32XX
 	help
 	  Say Y here if to include support for the watchdog timer
-	  in the PNX4008 processor.
+	  in the PNX4008 or LPC32XX processor.
 	  This driver can be built as a module by choosing M. The module
 	  will be called pnx4008_wdt.
 
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
index 88c83aa5730318b512d86a7a048dc60a9758de46..f31493e65b380cd63fef6d55132dd96e7af32d63 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sb_wdog.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static int __init sbwdog_init(void)
 	if (ret) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to request irq 1 - %d\n",
 						ident.identity, ret);
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	ret = misc_register(&sbwdog_miscdev);
@@ -313,14 +313,20 @@ static int __init sbwdog_init(void)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: timeout is %ld.%ld secs\n",
 				ident.identity,
 				timeout / 1000000, (timeout / 100000) % 10);
-	} else
-		free_irq(1, (void *)user_dog);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	free_irq(1, (void *)user_dog);
+out:
+	unregister_reboot_notifier(&sbwdog_notifier);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit sbwdog_exit(void)
 {
 	misc_deregister(&sbwdog_miscdev);
+	free_irq(1, (void *)user_dog);
+	unregister_reboot_notifier(&sbwdog_notifier);
 }
 
 module_init(sbwdog_init);
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ts72xx_wdt.c
index 458c499c1223c6f73aaab93f9a6bdc7c816de5a2..18cdeb4c4258a67ccdba77fc517596eaa71819b9 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");