unsigned long           last_ping;
 };
 
-static int wdt_timeout = WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+static int wdt_timeout;
 static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
 
 module_param(wdt_timeout, int, 0);
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        wdd = &wdt->wdd;
-       wdd->timeout = wdt_timeout;
+       wdd->timeout = WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
        wdd->info = &sama5d4_wdt_info;
        wdd->ops = &sama5d4_wdt_ops;
        wdd->min_timeout = MIN_WDT_TIMEOUT;
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, wdt);
 
        dev_info(&pdev->dev, "initialized (timeout = %d sec, nowayout = %d)\n",
-                wdt_timeout, nowayout);
+                wdd->timeout, nowayout);
 
        return 0;
 }