diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/aspeed_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/aspeed_wdt.c
index 5b64bc2e8788..4ec0906bf12c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/aspeed_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/aspeed_wdt.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, aspeed_wdt_of_table);
 #define   WDT_CTRL_ENABLE		BIT(0)
 #define WDT_TIMEOUT_STATUS	0x10
 #define   WDT_TIMEOUT_STATUS_BOOT_SECONDARY	BIT(1)
+#define WDT_CLEAR_TIMEOUT_STATUS	0x14
+#define   WDT_CLEAR_TIMEOUT_AND_BOOT_CODE_SELECTION	BIT(0)
 
 /*
  * WDT_RESET_WIDTH controls the characteristics of the external pulse (if
@@ -166,6 +168,60 @@ static int aspeed_wdt_restart(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* access_cs0 shows if cs0 is accessible, hence the reverted bit */
+static ssize_t access_cs0_show(struct device *dev,
+			       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct aspeed_wdt *wdt = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	u32 status = readl(wdt->base + WDT_TIMEOUT_STATUS);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n",
+		      !(status & WDT_TIMEOUT_STATUS_BOOT_SECONDARY));
+}
+
+static ssize_t access_cs0_store(struct device *dev,
+				struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
+				size_t size)
+{
+	struct aspeed_wdt *wdt = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	unsigned long val;
+
+	if (kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (val)
+		writel(WDT_CLEAR_TIMEOUT_AND_BOOT_CODE_SELECTION,
+		       wdt->base + WDT_CLEAR_TIMEOUT_STATUS);
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This attribute exists only if the system has booted from the alternate
+ * flash with 'alt-boot' option.
+ *
+ * At alternate flash the 'access_cs0' sysfs node provides:
+ *   ast2400: a way to get access to the primary SPI flash chip at CS0
+ *            after booting from the alternate chip at CS1.
+ *   ast2500: a way to restore the normal address mapping from
+ *            (CS0->CS1, CS1->CS0) to (CS0->CS0, CS1->CS1).
+ *
+ * Clearing the boot code selection and timeout counter also resets to the
+ * initial state the chip select line mapping. When the SoC is in normal
+ * mapping state (i.e. booted from CS0), clearing those bits does nothing for
+ * both versions of the SoC. For alternate boot mode (booted from CS1 due to
+ * wdt2 expiration) the behavior differs as described above.
+ *
+ * This option can be used with wdt2 (watchdog1) only.
+ */
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(access_cs0);
+
+static struct attribute *bswitch_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_access_cs0.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(bswitch);
+
 static const struct watchdog_ops aspeed_wdt_ops = {
 	.start		= aspeed_wdt_start,
 	.stop		= aspeed_wdt_stop,
@@ -308,9 +364,16 @@ static int aspeed_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	status = readl(wdt->base + WDT_TIMEOUT_STATUS);
-	if (status & WDT_TIMEOUT_STATUS_BOOT_SECONDARY)
+	if (status & WDT_TIMEOUT_STATUS_BOOT_SECONDARY) {
 		wdt->wdd.bootstatus = WDIOF_CARDRESET;
 
+		if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "aspeed,ast2400-wdt") ||
+		    of_device_is_compatible(np, "aspeed,ast2500-wdt"))
+			wdt->wdd.groups = bswitch_groups;
+	}
+
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, wdt);
+
 	return devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, &wdt->wdd);
 }