diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bff3c0dd0949..abc6bca458cb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7cd5b08be3c489df11b559fef210b81133764ad4
+refs/heads/master: c6904ddb976d99b77d91b78a0ce5bdfffb416c49
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c b/trunk/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
index 75483000a87d..2b5409f5b4e6 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c
@@ -684,8 +684,9 @@ static int __devinit iTCO_wdt_init(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			TCOBASE);
 
 	/* Clear out the (probably old) status */
-	outb(0, TCO1_STS);
-	outb(3, TCO2_STS);
+	outb(8, TCO1_STS);	/* Clear the Time Out Status bit */
+	outb(2, TCO2_STS);	/* Clear SECOND_TO_STS bit */
+	outb(4, TCO2_STS);	/* Clear BOOT_STS bit */
 
 	/* Make sure the watchdog is not running */
 	iTCO_wdt_stop();