3 files changed, 3 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/board/xilinx/microblaze-generic/microblaze-generic.c b/board/xilinx/microblaze-generic/microblaze-generic.c
index c946ec3208..28c9efa3a2 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/microblaze-generic/microblaze-generic.c
+++ b/board/xilinx/microblaze-generic/microblaze-generic.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_WDT)
-static struct udevice *watchdog_dev;
+static struct udevice *watchdog_dev __attribute__((section(".data"))) = NULL;
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SPL_BUILD && CONFIG_WDT */
 
 ulong ram_base;
diff --git a/board/xilinx/zynq/board.c b/board/xilinx/zynq/board.c
index b4b84df576..ea26aad16f 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/zynq/board.c
+++ b/board/xilinx/zynq/board.c
@@ -19,17 +19,12 @@
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_WDT)
-static struct udevice *watchdog_dev;
+static struct udevice *watchdog_dev __attribute__((section(".data"))) = NULL;
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F)
 int board_early_init_f(void)
 {
-# if defined(CONFIG_WDT)
-	/* bss is not cleared at time when watchdog_reset() is called */
-	watchdog_dev = NULL;
-# endif
-
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c b/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c
index 5e1d2116bc..db27247850 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c
+++ b/board/xilinx/zynqmp/zynqmp.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_WDT)
-static struct udevice *watchdog_dev;
+static struct udevice *watchdog_dev __attribute__((section(".data"))) = NULL;
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_FPGA) && defined(CONFIG_FPGA_ZYNQMPPL) && \
@@ -322,11 +322,6 @@ int board_early_init_f(void)
 	ret = psu_init();
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_WDT) && !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
-	/* bss is not cleared at time when watchdog_reset() is called */
-	watchdog_dev = NULL;
-#endif
-
 	return ret;
 }