diff --git a/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c b/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c
index 9b93213417..f710036535 100644
--- a/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static void aspeed_wdt_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, uint64_t data,
     case WDT_RESTART:
         if ((data & 0xFFFF) == WDT_RESTART_MAGIC) {
             s->regs[WDT_STATUS] = s->regs[WDT_RELOAD_VALUE];
-            aspeed_wdt_reload(s, !(data & WDT_CTRL_1MHZ_CLK));
+            aspeed_wdt_reload(s, !(s->regs[WDT_CTRL] & WDT_CTRL_1MHZ_CLK));
         }
         break;
     case WDT_CTRL: