diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt-uclass.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt-uclass.c
index 4a619f71fe910b7a18c6e37d7f0fe13e37423c91..f6f2fe3739d3e1719c0433460d9be83d192c04b4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt-uclass.c
@@ -65,5 +65,6 @@ int wdt_expire_now(struct udevice *dev, ulong flags)
 
 UCLASS_DRIVER(wdt) = {
 	.id		= UCLASS_WDT,
-	.name		= "wdt",
+	.name		= "watchdog",
+	.flags		= DM_UC_FLAG_SEQ_ALIAS,
 };