diff --git a/common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/service-restart-policy.conf b/common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/service-restart-policy.conf
index 0f95073..8e440a4 100644
--- a/common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/service-restart-policy.conf
+++ b/common/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/service-restart-policy.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # going to get a fix on a restart of a service, the more time the better
 # (think retries on device driver scenarios).
 #
-# - Change the StartLimitBurst to 3
+# - Change the StartLimitBurst to 2
 # Five just seems excessive for our services in openbmc.  In all fail
 # scenarios seen so far (other then with phosphor-hwmon), either
 # restarting once does the job or restarting all 5 times does not help
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 
 [Manager]
 DefaultRestartSec=1s
-DefaultStartLimitBurst=3
+DefaultStartLimitBurst=2