diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm270x-rpi.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm270x-rpi.dtsi
index eeef9788d64929..a678678d37c2d8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm270x-rpi.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm270x-rpi.dtsi
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 		i2c_arm_baudrate = <&i2c1>,"clock-frequency:0";
 		i2c_vc_baudrate = <&i2c0if>,"clock-frequency:0";
 
-		watchdog = <&watchdog>,"status";
+		watchdog = <&watchdog>,"early-watchdog?";
 		random = <&random>,"status";
 		sd_overclock = <&sdhost>,"brcm,overclock-50:0";
 		sd_force_pio = <&sdhost>,"brcm,force-pio?";
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-rpi.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-rpi.dtsi
index f9d574c266f971..2f4d359a69a640 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-rpi.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-rpi.dtsi
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ pio: &rp1_pio {
 	status = "okay";
 };
 
+watchdog: &pm {};
+
 / {
 	chosen: chosen {
 		bootargs = "reboot=w coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=1 pci=pcie_bus_safe cgroup_disable=memory numa_policy=interleave nvme.max_host_mem_size_mb=0";
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ pio: &rp1_pio {
 		uart4 = &uart4;
 		usb0 = &rp1_usb0;
 		usb1 = &rp1_usb1;
+		watchdog = &watchdog;
 		wifi0 = &wifi;
 	};
 
@@ -225,6 +228,7 @@ pio: &rp1_pio {
 			    <&uart0>,"dmas:8=",<&rp1_dma>,
 			    <&uart0>,"dmas:12=",<RP1_DMA_UART0_RX>,
 			    <&uart0>,"dma-names[=747800727800"; // "tx", "rx"
+		watchdog = <&watchdog>, "early-watchdog?";
 		wifiaddr = <&wifi>, "local-mac-address[";
 
 		cam0_reg = <&cam0_reg>,"status";