diff --git a/utils/maemo-kexec/files/sbin/bootmaemo b/utils/maemo-kexec/files/sbin/bootmaemo
index 498b096f3..14f85b1e7 100755
--- a/utils/maemo-kexec/files/sbin/bootmaemo
+++ b/utils/maemo-kexec/files/sbin/bootmaemo
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 set -e
-/bin/sync
+
+sync
+
+killall -q watchdog || true
+echo 1 >/dev/watchdog
+
 /usr/sbin/kexec --load /boot/maemo.zImage --append "root=1f03 rootfstype=jffs2 ro console=tty0 console=ttyMTD5"
 /usr/sbin/kexec --exec