diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
index 443e4c49f2..c6fb3700f2 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ static void aspeed_soc_init(Object *obj)
                               sizeof(s->wdt[i]), TYPE_ASPEED_WDT);
         qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->wdt[i]), "silicon-rev",
                                     sc->info->silicon_rev);
+        object_property_add_const_link(OBJECT(&s->wdt[i]), "scu",
+                                       OBJECT(&s->scu), &error_abort);
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < ASPEED_MACS_NUM; i++) {
diff --git a/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c b/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c
index 4a8409f0da..57fe24ae6b 100644
--- a/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 
 #define WDT_RESTART_MAGIC               0x4755
 
+#define SCU_RESET_CONTROL1              (0x04 / 4)
+#define    SCU_RESET_SDRAM              BIT(0)
+
 static bool aspeed_wdt_is_enabled(const AspeedWDTState *s)
 {
     return s->regs[WDT_CTRL] & WDT_CTRL_ENABLE;
@@ -222,6 +225,13 @@ static void aspeed_wdt_timer_expired(void *dev)
 {
     AspeedWDTState *s = ASPEED_WDT(dev);
 
+    /* Do not reset on SDRAM controller reset */
+    if (s->scu->regs[SCU_RESET_CONTROL1] & SCU_RESET_SDRAM) {
+        timer_del(s->timer);
+        s->regs[WDT_CTRL] = 0;
+        return;
+    }
+
     qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_RESET, "Watchdog timer expired.\n");
     watchdog_perform_action();
     timer_del(s->timer);
@@ -233,6 +243,16 @@ static void aspeed_wdt_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
     AspeedWDTState *s = ASPEED_WDT(dev);
+    Error *err = NULL;
+    Object *obj;
+
+    obj = object_property_get_link(OBJECT(dev), "scu", &err);
+    if (!obj) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        error_prepend(errp, "required link 'scu' not found: ");
+        return;
+    }
+    s->scu = ASPEED_SCU(obj);
 
     if (!is_supported_silicon_rev(s->silicon_rev)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Unknown silicon revision: 0x%" PRIx32,
diff --git a/include/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.h b/include/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.h
index 88d8be4f78..daef0c0e23 100644
--- a/include/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.h
+++ b/include/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ typedef struct AspeedWDTState {
     MemoryRegion iomem;
     uint32_t regs[ASPEED_WDT_REGS_MAX];
 
+    AspeedSCUState *scu;
     uint32_t pclk_freq;
     uint32_t silicon_rev;
     uint32_t ext_pulse_width_mask;