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-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index faf4e189fe4..6aaefbad303 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -469,8 +469,10 @@ static int watchdog_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
* or if WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE is not set. If nowayout was set then
* watchdog_stop will fail.
*/
- if (test_and_clear_bit(WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE, &wdd->status) ||
- !(wdd->info->options & WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE))
+ if (!test_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status))
+ err = 0;
+ else if (test_and_clear_bit(WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE, &wdd->status) ||
+ !(wdd->info->options & WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE))
err = watchdog_stop(wdd);
/* If the watchdog was not stopped, send a keepalive ping */