diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index 3bab32485273..5bf795c1b346 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static int watchdog_set_pretimeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
 	if (watchdog_pretimeout_invalid(wdd, timeout))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (wdd->ops->set_pretimeout)
+	if (wdd->ops->set_pretimeout && (wdd->info->options & WDIOF_PRETIMEOUT))
 		err = wdd->ops->set_pretimeout(wdd, timeout);
 	else
 		wdd->pretimeout = timeout;