diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/lpc18xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/lpc18xx_wdt.c
index f6f66634cedf..0e82abd71d35 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/lpc18xx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/lpc18xx_wdt.c
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ static const struct watchdog_ops lpc18xx_wdt_ops = {
 	.restart        = lpc18xx_wdt_restart,
 };
 
+static void lpc18xx_clk_disable_unprepare(void *data)
+{
+	clk_disable_unprepare(data);
+}
+
 static int lpc18xx_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct lpc18xx_wdt_dev *lpc18xx_wdt;
@@ -231,19 +236,26 @@ static int lpc18xx_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dev_err(dev, "could not prepare or enable sys clock\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
+	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, lpc18xx_clk_disable_unprepare,
+				       lpc18xx_wdt->reg_clk);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = clk_prepare_enable(lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_clk);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "could not prepare or enable wdt clock\n");
-		goto disable_reg_clk;
+		return ret;
 	}
+	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, lpc18xx_clk_disable_unprepare,
+				       lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_clk);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	/* We use the clock rate to calculate timeouts */
 	lpc18xx_wdt->clk_rate = clk_get_rate(lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_clk);
 	if (lpc18xx_wdt->clk_rate == 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to get clock rate\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto disable_wdt_clk;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_dev.info = &lpc18xx_wdt_info;
@@ -274,24 +286,8 @@ static int lpc18xx_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, lpc18xx_wdt);
 
-	ret = watchdog_register_device(&lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_dev);
-	if (ret)
-		goto disable_wdt_clk;
-
-	return 0;
-
-disable_wdt_clk:
-	clk_disable_unprepare(lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_clk);
-disable_reg_clk:
-	clk_disable_unprepare(lpc18xx_wdt->reg_clk);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void lpc18xx_wdt_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	struct lpc18xx_wdt_dev *lpc18xx_wdt = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-
-	lpc18xx_wdt_stop(&lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_dev);
+	watchdog_stop_on_reboot(&lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_dev);
+	return devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, &lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_dev);
 }
 
 static int lpc18xx_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
@@ -301,10 +297,6 @@ static int lpc18xx_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "I quit now, hardware will probably reboot!\n");
 	del_timer(&lpc18xx_wdt->timer);
 
-	watchdog_unregister_device(&lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_dev);
-	clk_disable_unprepare(lpc18xx_wdt->wdt_clk);
-	clk_disable_unprepare(lpc18xx_wdt->reg_clk);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -321,7 +313,6 @@ static struct platform_driver lpc18xx_wdt_driver = {
 	},
 	.probe = lpc18xx_wdt_probe,
 	.remove = lpc18xx_wdt_remove,
-	.shutdown = lpc18xx_wdt_shutdown,
 };
 module_platform_driver(lpc18xx_wdt_driver);