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diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 2696493c808b..e9da19627914 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@ config WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
get killed. If you say Y here, the watchdog cannot be stopped once
it has been started.
+config WATCHDOG_HANDLE_BOOT_ENABLED
+ bool "Update boot-enabled watchdog until userspace takes over"
+ default y
+ help
+ The default watchdog behaviour (which you get if you say Y here) is
+ to ping watchdog devices that were enabled before the driver has
+ been loaded until control is taken over from userspace using the
+ /dev/watchdog file. If you say N here, the kernel will not update
+ the watchdog on its own. Thus if your userspace does not start fast
+ enough your device will reboot.
+
config WATCHDOG_SYSFS
bool "Read different watchdog information through sysfs"
help