diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bbappend b/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bbappend
index 782ebe3..5eb36f1 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bbappend
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bbappend
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 GBMCBR_IPMI_CHANNEL ?= "11"
 GBMC_NCSI_IPMI_CHANNEL ??= "1"
+GBMC_NCSI_IPMI_CHANNEL:npcm8xx ??= "2"
 # Only used for extra channels, GBMCBR and NCSI are autopopulated
 # Format looks like "<channel>|<intf> <channel2>|<intf2>", Ex. "2|eth0 3|back"
 GBMC_IPMI_CHANNEL_MAP ??= ""