diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
index cc86018c5eb5..51bfb796898b 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ static int __init imx2_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	watchdog_set_nowayout(wdog, nowayout);
 	watchdog_set_restart_priority(wdog, 128);
 	watchdog_init_timeout(wdog, timeout, dev);
+	watchdog_stop_ping_on_suspend(wdog);
 
 	if (imx2_wdt_is_running(wdev)) {
 		imx2_wdt_set_timeout(wdog, wdog->timeout);