diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.h b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.h
index 867492a..6cd6c89 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.h
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 int watchdog_register_pretimeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd);
 void watchdog_unregister_pretimeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd);
 int watchdog_pretimeout_governor_get(struct watchdog_device *wdd, char *buf);
+int watchdog_pretimeout_governor_set(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
+				     const char *buf);
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV_NOOP)
 #define WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV		"noop"
@@ -41,6 +43,12 @@
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
+
+static inline int watchdog_pretimeout_governor_set(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
+						   const char *buf)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif