diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
index fef7c61f5555..72dc5f4f6eb8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ static int dw_wdt_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	} else {
 		wdd->timeout = DW_WDT_DEFAULT_SECONDS;
 		watchdog_init_timeout(wdd, 0, dev);
+		/* Limit timeout value to hardware constraints. */
+		dw_wdt_set_timeout(wdd, wdd->timeout);
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dw_wdt);