diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bcm7038_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bcm7038_wdt.c
index 506cd7ef9c77..8656a137e9a4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/bcm7038_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/bcm7038_wdt.c
@@ -223,8 +223,15 @@ static const struct of_device_id bcm7038_wdt_match[] = {
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, bcm7038_wdt_match);
 
+static const struct platform_device_id bcm7038_wdt_devtype[] = {
+	{ .name = "bcm63xx-wdt" },
+	{ /* sentinel */ },
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(platform, bcm7038_wdt_devtype);
+
 static struct platform_driver bcm7038_wdt_driver = {
 	.probe		= bcm7038_wdt_probe,
+	.id_table	= bcm7038_wdt_devtype,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name		= "bcm7038-wdt",
 		.of_match_table	= bcm7038_wdt_match,