diff --git a/meta-openbmc-bsp/meta-aspeed/meta-ast2500/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc/defconfig b/meta-openbmc-bsp/meta-aspeed/meta-ast2500/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc/defconfig
index 9eb1366..211e69d 100644
--- a/meta-openbmc-bsp/meta-aspeed/meta-ast2500/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc/defconfig
+++ b/meta-openbmc-bsp/meta-aspeed/meta-ast2500/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-obmc/defconfig
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
 CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
+CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT=1
 # CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set
 # CONFIG_FTRACE is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_USER=y