diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
index a494543d3ae1..eb47fe5ed280 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int qcom_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/* check if there is pretimeout support */
-	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	irq = platform_get_irq_optional(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq > 0) {
 		ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, qcom_wdt_isr,
 				       IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING,