diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
index dfaac5995c84..49bd04841f0c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/of_address.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ struct qcom_wdt_match_data {
 	const u32 *offset;
 	bool pretimeout;
 	u32 max_tick_count;
+	u32 wdt_reason_val;
 };
 
 struct qcom_wdt {
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ static const struct qcom_wdt_match_data match_data_ipq5424 = {
 	.offset = reg_offset_data_kpss,
 	.pretimeout = true,
 	.max_tick_count = 0xFFFFFU,
+	.wdt_reason_val = 5,
 };
 
 static const struct qcom_wdt_match_data match_data_kpss = {
@@ -193,6 +196,40 @@ static const struct qcom_wdt_match_data match_data_kpss = {
 	.max_tick_count = 0xFFFFFU,
 };
 
+static int qcom_wdt_get_bootstatus(struct device *dev, struct qcom_wdt *wdt,
+				   u32 val)
+{
+	struct device_node *imem;
+	struct resource res;
+	void __iomem *addr;
+	int ret;
+
+	imem = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "sram", 0);
+	if (!imem) {
+		/* Read the EXPIRED_STATUS bit as a fallback */
+		if (readl(wdt_addr(wdt, WDT_STS)) & 1)
+			wdt->wdd.bootstatus = WDIOF_CARDRESET;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ret = of_address_to_resource(imem, 0, &res);
+	of_node_put(imem);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	addr = ioremap(res.start, resource_size(&res));
+	if (!addr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (readl(addr) == val)
+		wdt->wdd.bootstatus = WDIOF_CARDRESET;
+
+	iounmap(addr);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int qcom_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -273,8 +310,9 @@ static int qcom_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	wdt->wdd.parent = dev;
 	wdt->layout = data->offset;
 
-	if (readl(wdt_addr(wdt, WDT_STS)) & 1)
-		wdt->wdd.bootstatus = WDIOF_CARDRESET;
+	ret = qcom_wdt_get_bootstatus(dev, wdt, data->wdt_reason_val);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to get the bootstatus, %d\n", ret);
 
 	/*
 	 * If 'timeout-sec' unspecified in devicetree, assume a 30 second