MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started "
                 "(default=" __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
 
-/*
- * We always prescale, but if someone really doesn't want to they can set this
- * to 0
- */
-static int prescale = 1;
-
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(wdt_spinlock);
 
 static void mpc8xxx_wdt_keepalive(void)
 
 static int mpc8xxx_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *w)
 {
-       u32 tmp = SWCRR_SWEN;
+       u32 tmp = SWCRR_SWEN | SWCRR_SWPR;
 
        /* Good, fire up the show */
-       if (prescale)
-               tmp |= SWCRR_SWPR;
        if (reset)
                tmp |= SWCRR_SWRI;
 
        }
 
        /* Calculate the timeout in seconds */
-       if (prescale)
-               timeout_sec = (timeout * wdt_type->prescaler) / freq;
-       else
-               timeout_sec = timeout / freq;
+       timeout_sec = (timeout * wdt_type->prescaler) / freq;
 
        mpc8xxx_wdt_dev.timeout = timeout_sec;
 #ifdef MODULE