1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index af0c4cbd99..1159a64bce 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -3256,6 +3256,7 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                     error_report("only one watchdog option may be given");
                     exit(1);
                 }
+                warn_report("-watchdog is deprecated; use -device instead.");
                 watchdog = optarg;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_action:
@@ -3264,12 +3265,12 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                      exit(1);
                 }
                 break;
-            case QEMU_OPTION_watchdog_action:
-                if (select_watchdog_action(optarg) == -1) {
-                    error_report("unknown -watchdog-action parameter");
-                    exit(1);
-                }
+            case QEMU_OPTION_watchdog_action: {
+                QemuOpts *opts;
+                opts = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("action"), NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+                qemu_opt_set(opts, "watchdog", optarg, &error_abort);
                 break;
+            }
             case QEMU_OPTION_parallel:
                 add_device_config(DEV_PARALLEL, optarg);
                 default_parallel = 0;