diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c
index cd8def79b379c5c132a1dd810f58832fe57b0ca4..ee4921e4a47cb108c17998a33aa30a3ab174297c 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c
@@ -60,20 +60,14 @@ static int pcf2127_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
 	struct pcf2127 *pcf2127 = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	unsigned char buf[10];
 	int ret;
-	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i <= PCF2127_REG_CTRL3; i++) {
-		ret = regmap_read(pcf2127->regmap, PCF2127_REG_CTRL1 + i,
-				  (unsigned int *)(buf + i));
-		if (ret) {
-			dev_err(dev, "%s: read error\n", __func__);
-			return ret;
-		}
-	}
-
-	ret = regmap_bulk_read(pcf2127->regmap, PCF2127_REG_SC,
-			       (buf + PCF2127_REG_SC),
-			       ARRAY_SIZE(buf) - PCF2127_REG_SC);
+	/*
+	 * Avoid reading CTRL2 register as it causes WD_VAL register
+	 * value to reset to 0 which means watchdog is stopped.
+	 */
+	ret = regmap_bulk_read(pcf2127->regmap, PCF2127_REG_CTRL3,
+			       (buf + PCF2127_REG_CTRL3),
+			       ARRAY_SIZE(buf) - PCF2127_REG_CTRL3);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "%s: read error\n", __func__);
 		return ret;
@@ -95,14 +89,12 @@ static int pcf2127_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
 	}
 
 	dev_dbg(dev,
-		"%s: raw data is cr1=%02x, cr2=%02x, cr3=%02x, "
-		"sec=%02x, min=%02x, hr=%02x, "
+		"%s: raw data is cr3=%02x, sec=%02x, min=%02x, hr=%02x, "
 		"mday=%02x, wday=%02x, mon=%02x, year=%02x\n",
-		__func__,
-		buf[0], buf[1], buf[2],
-		buf[3], buf[4], buf[5],
-		buf[6], buf[7], buf[8], buf[9]);
-
+		__func__, buf[PCF2127_REG_CTRL3], buf[PCF2127_REG_SC],
+		buf[PCF2127_REG_MN], buf[PCF2127_REG_HR],
+		buf[PCF2127_REG_DM], buf[PCF2127_REG_DW],
+		buf[PCF2127_REG_MO], buf[PCF2127_REG_YR]);
 
 	tm->tm_sec = bcd2bin(buf[PCF2127_REG_SC] & 0x7F);
 	tm->tm_min = bcd2bin(buf[PCF2127_REG_MN] & 0x7F);