#include "sch56xx-common.h"
 
 /* Insmod parameters */
-static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
-module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
+static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
+module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
        __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
 
        data->wddev.timeout = 60;
        data->wddev.min_timeout = 1;
        data->wddev.max_timeout = 255 * 60;
-       if (nowayout)
-               set_bit(WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT, &data->wddev.status);
+       watchdog_set_nowayout(&data->wddev, nowayout);
        if (output_enable & SCH56XX_WDOG_OUTPUT_ENABLE)
                set_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &data->wddev.status);