diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 90bb45f26ac6..5fe8ec675ba6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 60daac4a9084d5a6216443f428d0060c42eb44ff
+refs/heads/master: 86955e2bcb320bf8f271443cb7b03896fc3cbd67
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c b/trunk/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c
index 725c84bfdd76..9db808349f8b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/watchdog/ath79_wdt.c
@@ -68,17 +68,23 @@ static int max_timeout;
 static inline void ath79_wdt_keepalive(void)
 {
 	ath79_reset_wr(AR71XX_RESET_REG_WDOG, wdt_freq * timeout);
+	/* flush write */
+	ath79_reset_rr(AR71XX_RESET_REG_WDOG);
 }
 
 static inline void ath79_wdt_enable(void)
 {
 	ath79_wdt_keepalive();
 	ath79_reset_wr(AR71XX_RESET_REG_WDOG_CTRL, WDOG_CTRL_ACTION_FCR);
+	/* flush write */
+	ath79_reset_rr(AR71XX_RESET_REG_WDOG_CTRL);
 }
 
 static inline void ath79_wdt_disable(void)
 {
 	ath79_reset_wr(AR71XX_RESET_REG_WDOG_CTRL, WDOG_CTRL_ACTION_NONE);
+	/* flush write */
+	ath79_reset_rr(AR71XX_RESET_REG_WDOG_CTRL);
 }
 
 static int ath79_wdt_set_timeout(int val)