diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/twl4030_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/twl4030_wdt.c
index dcabe77ad14128384b26722fa1e57a7e0d5fe22a..b5045ca7e61ccd03c3fa631026f27fe4ddc72e4f 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/twl4030_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/twl4030_wdt.c
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ static int __devinit twl4030_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	twl4030_wdt_dev = pdev;
 
+	twl4030_wdt_disable(wdt);
+
 	ret = misc_register(&wdt->miscdev);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(wdt->miscdev.parent,