diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c
index 3764af11065c..bf12d06b5877 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rc32434_wdt.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ extern unsigned int idt_cpu_freq;
 static int timeout = WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT;
 module_param(timeout, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Watchdog timeout value, in seconds (default="
-		WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT ")");
+		__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT) ")");
 
 static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
 module_param(nowayout, int, 0);