diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
index b34a2e4e4e43..3dde6de117fa 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ static inline void dw_wdt_set_next_heartbeat(void)
 	dw_wdt.next_heartbeat = jiffies + dw_wdt_get_top() * HZ;
 }
 
+static void dw_wdt_keepalive(void)
+{
+	writel(WDOG_COUNTER_RESTART_KICK_VALUE, dw_wdt.regs +
+	       WDOG_COUNTER_RESTART_REG_OFFSET);
+}
+
 static int dw_wdt_set_top(unsigned top_s)
 {
 	int i, top_val = DW_WDT_MAX_TOP;
@@ -110,21 +116,27 @@ static int dw_wdt_set_top(unsigned top_s)
 			break;
 		}
 
-	/* Set the new value in the watchdog. */
+	/*
+	 * Set the new value in the watchdog.  Some versions of dw_wdt
+	 * have have TOPINIT in the TIMEOUT_RANGE register (as per
+	 * CP_WDT_DUAL_TOP in WDT_COMP_PARAMS_1).  On those we
+	 * effectively get a pat of the watchdog right here.
+	 */
 	writel(top_val | top_val << WDOG_TIMEOUT_RANGE_TOPINIT_SHIFT,
 		dw_wdt.regs + WDOG_TIMEOUT_RANGE_REG_OFFSET);
 
+	/*
+	 * Add an explicit pat to handle versions of the watchdog that
+	 * don't have TOPINIT.  This won't hurt on versions that have
+	 * it.
+	 */
+	dw_wdt_keepalive();
+
 	dw_wdt_set_next_heartbeat();
 
 	return dw_wdt_top_in_seconds(top_val);
 }
 
-static void dw_wdt_keepalive(void)
-{
-	writel(WDOG_COUNTER_RESTART_KICK_VALUE, dw_wdt.regs +
-	       WDOG_COUNTER_RESTART_REG_OFFSET);
-}
-
 static int dw_wdt_restart_handle(struct notifier_block *this,
 				unsigned long mode, void *cmd)
 {