diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c
index 3fb83b0c28c2..ab6d3f56cbca 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c
@@ -409,8 +409,9 @@ static int __init sc1200wdt_init(void)
 #if defined CONFIG_PNP
 	/* now that the user has specified an IO port and we haven't detected
 	 * any devices, disable pnp support */
+	if (isapnp)
+		pnp_unregister_driver(&scl200wdt_pnp_driver);
 	isapnp = 0;
-	pnp_unregister_driver(&scl200wdt_pnp_driver);
 #endif
 
 	if (!request_region(io, io_len, SC1200_MODULE_NAME)) {