diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
index 14d768bfa267..8598308278d3 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>	/* For watchdog specific items */
 #include <linux/init.h>		/* For __init/__exit/... */
 
-#include "watchdog_dev.h"	/* For watchdog_dev_register/... */
+#include "watchdog_core.h"	/* For watchdog_dev_register/... */
 
 /**
  * watchdog_register_device() - register a watchdog device
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.h b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.h
rename to drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index 930cc7c87457..beaf9cb5541a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>		/* For __init/__exit/... */
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>	/* For copy_to_user/put_user/... */
 
-#include "watchdog_dev.h"
+#include "watchdog_core.h"
 
 /* make sure we only register one /dev/watchdog device */
 static unsigned long watchdog_dev_busy;