diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c
index 3b2469e..8c1a3f9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/of_xilinx_wdt.c
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@
 static int xwdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int rc;
-	u32 *tmptr;
-	u32 *pfreq;
+	u32 pfreq, enable_once = 0;
 	struct resource *res;
 	struct xwdt_device *xdev;
 	bool no_timeout = false;
@@ -167,32 +166,28 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(xdev->base))
 		return PTR_ERR(xdev->base);
 
-	pfreq = (u32 *)of_get_property(pdev->dev.of_node,
-					"clock-frequency", NULL);
-
-	if (pfreq == NULL) {
+	rc = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "clock-frequency", &pfreq);
+	if (rc) {
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
 			 "The watchdog clock frequency cannot be obtained\n");
 		no_timeout = true;
 	}
 
-	tmptr = (u32 *)of_get_property(pdev->dev.of_node,
-					"xlnx,wdt-interval", NULL);
-	if (tmptr == NULL) {
+	rc = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "xlnx,wdt-interval",
+				  &xdev->wdt_interval);
+	if (rc) {
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
 			 "Parameter \"xlnx,wdt-interval\" not found\n");
 		no_timeout = true;
-	} else {
-		xdev->wdt_interval = *tmptr;
 	}
 
-	tmptr = (u32 *)of_get_property(pdev->dev.of_node,
-					"xlnx,wdt-enable-once", NULL);
-	if (tmptr == NULL) {
+	rc = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "xlnx,wdt-enable-once",
+				  &enable_once);
+	if (rc)
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
 			 "Parameter \"xlnx,wdt-enable-once\" not found\n");
-		watchdog_set_nowayout(xilinx_wdt_wdd, true);
-	}
+
+	watchdog_set_nowayout(xilinx_wdt_wdd, enable_once);
 
 /*
  *  Twice of the 2^wdt_interval / freq  because the first wdt overflow is
@@ -200,7 +195,7 @@
  */
 	if (!no_timeout)
 		xilinx_wdt_wdd->timeout = 2 * ((1 << xdev->wdt_interval) /
-					  *pfreq);
+					  pfreq);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&xdev->spinlock);
 	watchdog_set_drvdata(xilinx_wdt_wdd, xdev);