diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
index a425902b9f68..4eb1bf979012 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
@@ -303,21 +303,22 @@ static int qcom_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	wdt->wdd.info = &qcom_wdt_info;
+
 	/* check if there is pretimeout support */
-	irq = platform_get_irq_optional(pdev, 0);
-	if (data->pretimeout && irq > 0) {
-		ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, qcom_wdt_isr, 0,
-				       "wdt_bark", &wdt->wdd);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+	if (data->pretimeout) {
+		irq = platform_get_irq_optional(pdev, 0);
+		if (irq < 0 && irq != -ENXIO)
+			return irq;
+		if (irq > 0) {
+			ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, qcom_wdt_isr, 0,
+					       "wdt_bark", &wdt->wdd);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
 
-		wdt->wdd.info = &qcom_wdt_pt_info;
-		wdt->wdd.pretimeout = 1;
-	} else {
-		if (irq == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
-
-		wdt->wdd.info = &qcom_wdt_info;
+			wdt->wdd.info = &qcom_wdt_pt_info;
+			wdt->wdd.pretimeout = 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	wdt->wdd.ops = &qcom_wdt_ops;