diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
index aa011da1d5fb..54aa90042484 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mtx-1_wdt.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static struct {
 	int default_ticks;
 	unsigned long inuse;
 	unsigned gpio;
-	int gstate;
+	unsigned int gstate;
 } mtx1_wdt_device;
 
 static void mtx1_wdt_trigger(unsigned long unused)
@@ -78,11 +78,8 @@ static void mtx1_wdt_trigger(unsigned long unused)
 		ticks--;
 
 	/* toggle wdt gpio */
-	mtx1_wdt_device.gstate = ~mtx1_wdt_device.gstate;
-	if (mtx1_wdt_device.gstate)
-		gpio_direction_output(mtx1_wdt_device.gpio, 1);
-	else
-		gpio_direction_input(mtx1_wdt_device.gpio);
+	mtx1_wdt_device.gstate = !mtx1_wdt_device.gstate;
+	gpio_set_value(mtx1_wdt_device.gpio, mtx1_wdt_device.gstate);
 
 	if (mtx1_wdt_device.queue && ticks)
 		mod_timer(&mtx1_wdt_device.timer, jiffies + MTX1_WDT_INTERVAL);
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ static void mtx1_wdt_start(void)
 	if (!mtx1_wdt_device.queue) {
 		mtx1_wdt_device.queue = 1;
 		mtx1_wdt_device.gstate = 1;
-		gpio_direction_output(mtx1_wdt_device.gpio, 1);
+		gpio_set_value(mtx1_wdt_device.gpio, 1);
 		mod_timer(&mtx1_wdt_device.timer, jiffies + MTX1_WDT_INTERVAL);
 	}
 	mtx1_wdt_device.running++;
@@ -120,7 +117,7 @@ static int mtx1_wdt_stop(void)
 	if (mtx1_wdt_device.queue) {
 		mtx1_wdt_device.queue = 0;
 		mtx1_wdt_device.gstate = 0;
-		gpio_direction_output(mtx1_wdt_device.gpio, 0);
+		gpio_set_value(mtx1_wdt_device.gpio, 0);
 	}
 	ticks = mtx1_wdt_device.default_ticks;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mtx1_wdt_device.lock, flags);