diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/40-hardware-watchdog.conf b/meta-phosphor/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/40-hardware-watchdog.conf
index ecc930f..f2bdf77 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/40-hardware-watchdog.conf
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/40-hardware-watchdog.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Manager]
 RuntimeWatchdogSec=120s
-RuntimeWatchdogPreSec=90s
+RuntimeWatchdogPreSec=30s
 RuntimeWatchdogPreGovernor=panic
 WatchdogDevice=/dev/watchdog