diff --git a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-pmic-wrap.c b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-pmic-wrap.c
index 8bc7b41b09fd218bb0e540933c1c07be95005dcb..105597a885cb4f2db4314e5cc9194d701cf843b0 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-pmic-wrap.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-pmic-wrap.c
@@ -725,10 +725,6 @@ static int pwrap_init(struct pmic_wrapper *wrp)
 	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0x1, PWRAP_WACS2_EN);
 	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0x5, PWRAP_STAUPD_PRD);
 	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0xff, PWRAP_STAUPD_GRPEN);
-	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0xf, PWRAP_WDT_UNIT);
-	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0xffffffff, PWRAP_WDT_SRC_EN);
-	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0x1, PWRAP_TIMER_EN);
-	pwrap_writel(wrp, ~((1 << 31) | (1 << 1)), PWRAP_INT_EN);
 
 	if (pwrap_is_mt8135(wrp)) {
 		/* enable pwrap events and pwrap bridge in AP side */
@@ -896,6 +892,12 @@ static int pwrap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	/* Initialize watchdog, may not be done by the bootloader */
+	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0xf, PWRAP_WDT_UNIT);
+	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0xffffffff, PWRAP_WDT_SRC_EN);
+	pwrap_writel(wrp, 0x1, PWRAP_TIMER_EN);
+	pwrap_writel(wrp, ~((1 << 31) | (1 << 1)), PWRAP_INT_EN);
+
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	ret = devm_request_irq(wrp->dev, irq, pwrap_interrupt, IRQF_TRIGGER_HIGH,
 			"mt-pmic-pwrap", wrp);