diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/renesas_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/renesas_wdt.c
index 6b8c6ddfe30b..514db5cc1595 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/renesas_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/renesas_wdt.c
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ static int rwdt_restart(struct watchdog_device *wdev, unsigned long action,
 }
 
 static const struct watchdog_info rwdt_ident = {
-	.options = WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE | WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING | WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT,
+	.options = WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE | WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING | WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT |
+		WDIOF_CARDRESET,
 	.identity = "Renesas WDT Watchdog",
 };
 
@@ -197,9 +198,10 @@ static int rwdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(clk);
 
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
-
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);
 	priv->clk_rate = clk_get_rate(clk);
+	priv->wdev.bootstatus = (readb_relaxed(priv->base + RWTCSRA) &
+				RWTCSRA_WOVF) ? WDIOF_CARDRESET : 0;
 	pm_runtime_put(&pdev->dev);
 
 	if (!priv->clk_rate) {