diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
index 20d6ada778e5..5c2f4ea1a362 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ enum t100_type {
 #define MXT_CHG_DELAY		100	/* msec */
 #define MXT_POWERON_DELAY	150	/* msec */
 #define MXT_BOOTLOADER_WAIT	36E5	/* 1 minute */
+#define MXT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT	1000	/* msec */
 
 /* Command to unlock bootloader */
 #define MXT_UNLOCK_CMD_MSB	0xaa
@@ -246,6 +247,9 @@ enum t100_type {
 
 #define DEBUG_MSG_MAX		200
 
+#define MXT_DEBUG_STATE		false
+static bool debug_state = MXT_DEBUG_STATE;
+
 struct mxt_info {
 	u8 family_id;
 	u8 variant_id;
@@ -318,6 +322,11 @@ struct mxt_flash {
 	struct delayed_work work;
 };
 
+struct mxt_statusinfo {
+	bool dev_status;
+	u32 error_count;
+};
+
 /* Each client has this additional data */
 struct mxt_data {
 	struct i2c_client *client;
@@ -373,6 +382,8 @@ struct mxt_data {
 	const char *pcfg_name;
 	const char *input_name;
 	struct mxt_flash *flash;
+	struct delayed_work watchdog_work;
+	struct mxt_statusinfo mxt_status;
 
 	/* Cached parameters from object table */
 	u16 T5_address;
@@ -2956,6 +2967,26 @@ static int mxt_bootloader_status(struct mxt_data *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void mxt_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct mxt_data *data =
+		container_of(work, struct mxt_data, watchdog_work.work);
+	u16 info_buf;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = __mxt_read_reg(data->client, 0, sizeof(info_buf), &info_buf);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		data->mxt_status.error_count++;
+		data->mxt_status.dev_status = false;
+	} else {
+		data->mxt_status.dev_status = true;
+	}
+
+	schedule_delayed_work(&data->watchdog_work,
+			      msecs_to_jiffies(MXT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT));
+}
+
 static int mxt_initialize(struct mxt_data *data)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
@@ -3730,6 +3761,9 @@ static int mxt_load_fw(struct device *dev)
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&data->flash->work, mxt_fw_work);
 	reinit_completion(&data->flash->flash_completion);
 
+	if (debug_state)
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->watchdog_work);
+
 	if (!data->in_bootloader) {
 		ret = mxt_enter_bootloader(data);
 		if (ret)
@@ -3749,6 +3783,9 @@ static int mxt_load_fw(struct device *dev)
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->flash->work);
 	data->in_bootloader = false;
 release_firmware:
+	if (debug_state)
+		schedule_delayed_work(&data->watchdog_work,
+				      msecs_to_jiffies(MXT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT));
 	release_firmware(data->flash->fw);
 free:
 	devm_kfree(dev, data->flash);
@@ -3936,6 +3973,22 @@ static const struct attribute_group mxt_fw_attr_group = {
 	.attrs = mxt_fw_attrs,
 };
 
+static ssize_t touch_dev_stat_show(struct device *dev, struct
+				   device_attribute * attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct mxt_data *data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (data->mxt_status.dev_status)
+		data->mxt_status.error_count = 0;
+
+	ret =  snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d %d\n", data->mxt_status.dev_status,
+			data->mxt_status.error_count);
+	/* clear the error counter once it is read */
+	data->mxt_status.error_count = 0;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(fw_version);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(hw_version);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(object);
@@ -3945,6 +3998,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(debug_enable);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(debug_v2_enable);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(debug_notify);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(t25_selftest);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(touch_dev_stat);
 
 static struct attribute *mxt_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_fw_version.attr,
@@ -3956,6 +4010,7 @@ static struct attribute *mxt_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_debug_v2_enable.attr,
 	&dev_attr_debug_notify.attr,
 	&dev_attr_t25_selftest.attr,
+	&dev_attr_touch_dev_stat.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -4050,10 +4105,16 @@ static int mxt_start(struct mxt_data *data)
 		ret = mxt_acquire_irq(data);
 	}
 
-	if (!ret)
-		data->suspended = false;
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
-	return ret;
+	if (debug_state)
+		schedule_delayed_work(&data->watchdog_work,
+				      msecs_to_jiffies(MXT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT));
+
+	data->suspended = false;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int mxt_stop(struct mxt_data *data)
@@ -4063,6 +4124,9 @@ static int mxt_stop(struct mxt_data *data)
 	if (data->suspended || data->in_bootloader || data->updating_config)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (debug_state)
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->watchdog_work);
+
 	switch (data->suspend_mode) {
 	case MXT_SUSPEND_T9_CTRL:
 		/* Touch disable */
@@ -4313,6 +4377,12 @@ static int mxt_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 		msleep(MXT_RESET_TIME);
 	}
 
+	if (debug_state) {
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&data->watchdog_work, mxt_watchdog_work);
+		schedule_delayed_work(&data->watchdog_work,
+				      msecs_to_jiffies(MXT_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT));
+	}
+
 	error = mxt_initialize(data);
 	if (error)
 		goto err_free_object;
@@ -4327,6 +4397,8 @@ static int mxt_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 	return 0;
 
 err_free_object:
+	if (debug_state)
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->watchdog_work);
 	mxt_free_input_device(data);
 	mxt_free_object_table(data);
 	if (data->reset_gpio) {
@@ -4346,6 +4418,10 @@ static int mxt_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 		sysfs_remove_link(&client->dev.kobj, "reset");
 		gpiod_unexport(data->reset_gpio);
 	}
+
+	if (debug_state)
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->watchdog_work);
+
 	mxt_debug_msg_remove(data);
 	mxt_sysfs_remove(data);
 	mxt_free_input_device(data);
@@ -4447,3 +4523,6 @@ module_i2c_driver(mxt_driver);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim@samsung.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Atmel maXTouch Touchscreen driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+module_param(debug_state, bool, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug_state, "Enable/Disable watchdog work to check device state (default=false)");
