static int hpwdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 {
        int control = 0x81 | (pretimeout ? 0x4 : 0);
-       int reload = SECS_TO_TICKS(wdd->timeout);
+       int reload = SECS_TO_TICKS(min(wdd->timeout, wdd->max_hw_heartbeat_ms/1000));
 
-       dev_dbg(wdd->parent, "start watchdog 0x%08x:0x%02x\n", reload, control);
+       dev_dbg(wdd->parent, "start watchdog 0x%08x:0x%08x:0x%02x\n", wdd->timeout, reload, control);
        iowrite16(reload, hpwdt_timer_reg);
        iowrite8(control, hpwdt_timer_con);
 
 
 static int hpwdt_ping(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 {
-       int reload = SECS_TO_TICKS(wdd->timeout);
+       int reload = SECS_TO_TICKS(min(wdd->timeout, wdd->max_hw_heartbeat_ms/1000));
 
-       dev_dbg(wdd->parent, "ping  watchdog 0x%08x\n", reload);
+       dev_dbg(wdd->parent, "ping  watchdog 0x%08x:0x%08x\n", wdd->timeout, reload);
        iowrite16(reload, hpwdt_timer_reg);
 
        return 0;
        .info           = &ident,
        .ops            = &hpwdt_ops,
        .min_timeout    = 1,
-       .max_timeout    = HPWDT_MAX_TIMER,
        .timeout        = DEFAULT_MARGIN,
        .pretimeout     = PRETIMEOUT_SEC,
+       .max_hw_heartbeat_ms    = HPWDT_MAX_TIMER * 1000,
 };