diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
index 9f210299de2491cd9c9ed654268e0bda991a6c5e..449c885233644e9d5a8ea07fbd36f5982ecad81b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #define WDOG_CONTROL_REG_OFFSET		    0x00
 #define WDOG_CONTROL_REG_WDT_EN_MASK	    0x01
 #define WDOG_TIMEOUT_RANGE_REG_OFFSET	    0x04
+#define WDOG_TIMEOUT_RANGE_TOPINIT_SHIFT    4
 #define WDOG_CURRENT_COUNT_REG_OFFSET	    0x08
 #define WDOG_COUNTER_RESTART_REG_OFFSET     0x0c
 #define WDOG_COUNTER_RESTART_KICK_VALUE	    0x76
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ static int dw_wdt_set_top(unsigned top_s)
 		}
 
 	/* Set the new value in the watchdog. */
-	writel(top_val, dw_wdt.regs + WDOG_TIMEOUT_RANGE_REG_OFFSET);
+	writel(top_val | top_val << WDOG_TIMEOUT_RANGE_TOPINIT_SHIFT,
+		dw_wdt.regs + WDOG_TIMEOUT_RANGE_REG_OFFSET);
 
 	dw_wdt_set_next_heartbeat();