diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
index b4786bccc42c..dd51d9539b33 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Watchdog driver for IMX2 and later processors
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2010 Wolfram Sang, Pengutronix e.K. <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2014 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
  *
  * some parts adapted by similar drivers from Darius Augulis and Vladimir
  * Zapolskiy, additional improvements by Wim Van Sebroeck.
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 #define IMX2_WDT_WCR_WT		(0xFF << 8)	/* -> Watchdog Timeout Field */
 #define IMX2_WDT_WCR_WRE	(1 << 3)	/* -> WDOG Reset Enable */
 #define IMX2_WDT_WCR_WDE	(1 << 2)	/* -> Watchdog Enable */
+#define IMX2_WDT_WCR_WDZST	(1 << 0)	/* -> Watchdog timer Suspend */
 
 #define IMX2_WDT_WSR		0x02		/* Service Register */
 #define IMX2_WDT_SEQ1		0x5555		/* -> service sequence 1 */
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ static inline void imx2_wdt_setup(void)
 {
 	u16 val = __raw_readw(imx2_wdt.base + IMX2_WDT_WCR);
 
+	/* Suspend timer in low power mode, write once-only */
+	val |= IMX2_WDT_WCR_WDZST;
 	/* Strip the old watchdog Time-Out value */
 	val &= ~IMX2_WDT_WCR_WT;
 	/* Generate reset if WDOG times out */