diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da830.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da830.c
index fb720356d047..115d5736da80 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da830.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da830.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static struct clk_lookup da830_clks[] = {
 	CLK(NULL,		"pll0_sysclk7",	&pll0_sysclk7),
 	CLK("i2c_davinci.1",	NULL,		&i2c0_clk),
 	CLK(NULL,		"timer0",	&timerp64_0_clk),
-	CLK("watchdog",		NULL,		&timerp64_1_clk),
+	CLK("davinci-wdt",	NULL,		&timerp64_1_clk),
 	CLK(NULL,		"arm_rom",	&arm_rom_clk),
 	CLK(NULL,		"scr0_ss",	&scr0_ss_clk),
 	CLK(NULL,		"scr1_ss",	&scr1_ss_clk),
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c
index 437931746689..2ab00434b2eb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static struct clk_lookup da850_clks[] = {
 	CLK(NULL,		"pll1_sysclk3",	&pll1_sysclk3),
 	CLK("i2c_davinci.1",	NULL,		&i2c0_clk),
 	CLK(NULL,		"timer0",	&timerp64_0_clk),
-	CLK("watchdog",		NULL,		&timerp64_1_clk),
+	CLK("davinci-wdt",	NULL,		&timerp64_1_clk),
 	CLK(NULL,		"arm_rom",	&arm_rom_clk),
 	CLK(NULL,		"tpcc0",	&tpcc0_clk),
 	CLK(NULL,		"tptc0",	&tptc0_clk),
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da8xx-dt.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da8xx-dt.c
index d2bc574ae172..ed1928740b5f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da8xx-dt.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da8xx-dt.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void __init da8xx_init_irq(void)
 
 static struct of_dev_auxdata da850_auxdata_lookup[] __initdata = {
 	OF_DEV_AUXDATA("ti,davinci-i2c", 0x01c22000, "i2c_davinci.1", NULL),
-	OF_DEV_AUXDATA("ti,davinci-wdt", 0x01c21000, "watchdog", NULL),
+	OF_DEV_AUXDATA("ti,davinci-wdt", 0x01c21000, "davinci-wdt", NULL),
 	OF_DEV_AUXDATA("ti,da830-mmc", 0x01c40000, "da830-mmc.0", NULL),
 	OF_DEV_AUXDATA("ti,da850-ehrpwm", 0x01f00000, "ehrpwm", NULL),
 	OF_DEV_AUXDATA("ti,da850-ehrpwm", 0x01f02000, "ehrpwm", NULL),
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices-da8xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices-da8xx.c
index 78829c513fdc..0486cdf28c8d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices-da8xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices-da8xx.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static struct resource da8xx_watchdog_resources[] = {
 };
 
 static struct platform_device da8xx_wdt_device = {
-	.name		= "watchdog",
+	.name		= "davinci-wdt",
 	.id		= -1,
 	.num_resources	= ARRAY_SIZE(da8xx_watchdog_resources),
 	.resource	= da8xx_watchdog_resources,
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ void da8xx_restart(enum reboot_mode mode, const char *cmd)
 {
 	struct device *dev;
 
-	dev = bus_find_device_by_name(&platform_bus_type, NULL, "watchdog");
+	dev = bus_find_device_by_name(&platform_bus_type, NULL, "davinci-wdt");
 	if (!dev) {
 		pr_err("%s: failed to find watchdog device\n", __func__);
 		return;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices.c
index 3996e98f52fb..5cf9a027dcc6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/devices.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static struct resource wdt_resources[] = {
 };
 
 struct platform_device davinci_wdt_device = {
-	.name		= "watchdog",
+	.name		= "davinci-wdt",
 	.id		= -1,
 	.num_resources	= ARRAY_SIZE(wdt_resources),
 	.resource	= wdt_resources,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
index 4d2c72fb40c4..4668c0e19767 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static struct clk_lookup dm355_clks[] = {
 	CLK(NULL, "pwm3", &pwm3_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "timer0", &timer0_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "timer1", &timer1_clk),
-	CLK("watchdog", NULL, &timer2_clk),
+	CLK("davinci-wdt", NULL, &timer2_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "timer3", &timer3_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "rto", &rto_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "usb", &usb_clk),
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c
index 4117748f290b..b44b49e2801a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm365.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static struct clk_lookup dm365_clks[] = {
 	CLK(NULL, "pwm3", &pwm3_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "timer0", &timer0_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "timer1", &timer1_clk),
-	CLK("watchdog", NULL, &timer2_clk),
+	CLK("davinci-wdt", NULL, &timer2_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "timer3", &timer3_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "usb", &usb_clk),
 	CLK("davinci_emac.1", NULL, &emac_clk),
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c
index 7ee73fc588f0..5c3e0be95ef3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static struct clk_lookup dm644x_clks[] = {
 	CLK(NULL, "pwm2", &pwm2_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "timer0", &timer0_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "timer1", &timer1_clk),
-	CLK("watchdog", NULL, &timer2_clk),
+	CLK("davinci-wdt", NULL, &timer2_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, NULL, NULL),
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm646x.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm646x.c
index a6f0536fc209..81768dd47096 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm646x.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm646x.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static struct clk_lookup dm646x_clks[] = {
 	CLK(NULL, "pwm1", &pwm1_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "timer0", &timer0_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "timer1", &timer1_clk),
-	CLK("watchdog", NULL, &timer2_clk),
+	CLK("davinci-wdt", NULL, &timer2_clk),
 	CLK("palm_bk3710", NULL, &ide_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "vpif0", &vpif0_clk),
 	CLK(NULL, "vpif1", &vpif1_clk),
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
index dd625cca1ae5..12591f6596ef 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, davinci_wdt_of_match);
 
 static struct platform_driver platform_wdt_driver = {
 	.driver = {
-		.name = "watchdog",
+		.name = "davinci-wdt",
 		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = davinci_wdt_of_match,
 	},
@@ -267,4 +267,4 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(heartbeat,
 		 __MODULE_STRING(DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT));
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform:watchdog");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:davinci-wdt");