diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/fsl-imx-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/fsl-imx-wdt.txt
index e52ba2da868ce120daf7348aa15cdda02fcc34af..8dab6fd024aa4edb889b880db02225e13cb44c61 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/fsl-imx-wdt.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/fsl-imx-wdt.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Required properties:
 
 Optional property:
 - big-endian: If present the watchdog device's registers are implemented
-  in big endian mode, otherwise in little mode.
+  in big endian mode, otherwise in native mode(same with CPU), for more
+  detail please see: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt.
 
 Examples:
 
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
index 68c3d379ffa8c599333af45abc1b0841fd10059e..f37bb05e7ec0b06b81effaf94e3779ce580d36f0 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
@@ -191,12 +191,10 @@ static struct regmap_config imx2_wdt_regmap_config = {
 
 static int __init imx2_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct imx2_wdt_device *wdev;
 	struct watchdog_device *wdog;
 	struct resource *res;
 	void __iomem *base;
-	bool big_endian;
 	int ret;
 	u32 val;
 
@@ -204,10 +202,6 @@ static int __init imx2_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!wdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	big_endian = of_property_read_bool(np, "big-endian");
-	if (big_endian)
-		imx2_wdt_regmap_config.val_format_endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_BIG;
-
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(base))