diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mei_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mei_wdt.c
index 630bd189f167..2a9d5cdedea2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mei_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mei_wdt.c
@@ -389,6 +389,8 @@ static int mei_wdt_register(struct mei_wdt *wdt)
 	wdt->wdd.max_timeout = MEI_WDT_MAX_TIMEOUT;
 
 	watchdog_set_drvdata(&wdt->wdd, wdt);
+	watchdog_stop_on_reboot(&wdt->wdd);
+
 	ret = watchdog_register_device(&wdt->wdd);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "unable to register watchdog device = %d.\n", ret);