diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9a5bfd2d73ec..7b8065e80871 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 168b5251adddb1554926cfb94f79a8a28bc6ebe5
+refs/heads/master: c1bf3acffcddcf794e3d8a1d25fb8bd4d5912383
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c b/trunk/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
index 3bbefe9a2634..bfda2e99dd89 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/watchdog/wdt.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static long wdt_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	int new_heartbeat;
 	int status;
 
-	static struct watchdog_info ident = {
+	struct watchdog_info ident = {
 		.options =		WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT|
 					WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE|
 					WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING,
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c b/trunk/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
index f368dd87083a..7b22e3cdbc81 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/watchdog/wdt_pci.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static long wdtpci_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	int new_heartbeat;
 	int status;
 
-	static struct watchdog_info ident = {
+	struct watchdog_info ident = {
 		.options =		WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT|
 					WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE|
 					WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING,