diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
index ea8a6abd64ecb..094f096aee0f2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ enum wdt_reg {
 };
 
 #define QCOM_WDT_ENABLE		BIT(0)
-#define QCOM_WDT_ENABLE_IRQ	BIT(1)
 
 static const u32 reg_offset_data_apcs_tmr[] = {
 	[WDT_RST] = 0x38,
@@ -58,16 +57,6 @@ struct qcom_wdt *to_qcom_wdt(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 	return container_of(wdd, struct qcom_wdt, wdd);
 }
 
-static inline int qcom_get_enable(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
-{
-	int enable = QCOM_WDT_ENABLE;
-
-	if (wdd->pretimeout)
-		enable |= QCOM_WDT_ENABLE_IRQ;
-
-	return enable;
-}
-
 static irqreturn_t qcom_wdt_isr(int irq, void *arg)
 {
 	struct watchdog_device *wdd = arg;
@@ -86,7 +75,7 @@ static int qcom_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 	writel(1, wdt_addr(wdt, WDT_RST));
 	writel(bark * wdt->rate, wdt_addr(wdt, WDT_BARK_TIME));
 	writel(wdd->timeout * wdt->rate, wdt_addr(wdt, WDT_BITE_TIME));
-	writel(qcom_get_enable(wdd), wdt_addr(wdt, WDT_EN));
+	writel(QCOM_WDT_ENABLE, wdt_addr(wdt, WDT_EN));
 	return 0;
 }