diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/mtk-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/mtk-wdt.txt
index 5b38a30e608c21bcec18479dcb7b236590549fda..859dee167b9140970942fe08a5b1fca760f4f96f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/mtk-wdt.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/mtk-wdt.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ Required properties:
 
 - reg : Specifies base physical address and size of the registers.
 
+Optional properties:
+- timeout-sec: contains the watchdog timeout in seconds.
+
 Example:
 
 wdt: watchdog@10000000 {
 	compatible = "mediatek,mt6589-wdt";
 	reg = <0x10000000 0x18>;
+	timeout-sec = <10>;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mtk_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mtk_wdt.c
index 7ed417a765c70ec0a5ff38e809944c225396edf6..fcdc10ec28a32154af8582b93be40df077b130e4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mtk_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mtk_wdt.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #define DRV_VERSION		"1.0"
 
 static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
-static unsigned int timeout = WDT_MAX_TIMEOUT;
+static unsigned int timeout;
 
 struct mtk_wdt_dev {
 	struct watchdog_device wdt_dev;