--- a/drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c @@ -704,6 +704,13 @@ static int __init watchdog_init(int sioa wdt_conf = superio_inb(sioaddr, F71808FG_REG_WDT_CONF); watchdog.caused_reboot = wdt_conf & BIT(F71808FG_FLAG_WDTMOUT_STS); + /* + * We don't want WDTMOUT_STS to stick around till regular reboot. + * Write 1 to the bit to clear it to zero. + */ + superio_outb(sioaddr, F71808FG_REG_WDT_CONF, + wdt_conf | BIT(F71808FG_FLAG_WDTMOUT_STS)); + superio_exit(sioaddr); err = watchdog_set_timeout(timeout);