diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
index 5e6d808d358a5c342ae11b9fd71ce5e09416b809..7cee4024ebfbfe931fe6efcbe577d95b0f4ccba9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ static int imx2_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdog,
 {
 	struct imx2_wdt_device *wdev = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdog);
 
+	wdog->timeout = new_timeout;
+
 	regmap_update_bits(wdev->regmap, IMX2_WDT_WCR, IMX2_WDT_WCR_WT,
 			   WDOG_SEC_TO_COUNT(new_timeout));
 	return 0;