diff --git a/phosphor-rsyslog-config/utils.hpp b/phosphor-rsyslog-config/utils.hpp
index 017a439..30799cd 100644
--- a/phosphor-rsyslog-config/utils.hpp
+++ b/phosphor-rsyslog-config/utils.hpp
@@ -10,14 +10,27 @@
 {
 
 /** @brief Restart rsyslog's systemd unit
+ *         Ensures that it is restarted even if the start limit was
+ *         hit in systemd.
  */
 void restart()
 {
     auto bus = sdbusplus::bus::new_default();
-    auto method = bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_BUSNAME, SYSTEMD_PATH,
-                                      SYSTEMD_INTERFACE, "RestartUnit");
-    method.append("rsyslog.service", "replace");
-    bus.call_noreply(method);
+    constexpr char service[] = "rsyslog.service";
+
+    {
+        auto method = bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_BUSNAME, SYSTEMD_PATH,
+                                          SYSTEMD_INTERFACE, "ResetFailedUnit");
+        method.append(service);
+        bus.call_noreply(method);
+    }
+
+    {
+        auto method = bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_BUSNAME, SYSTEMD_PATH,
+                                          SYSTEMD_INTERFACE, "RestartUnit");
+        method.append(service);
+        bus.call_noreply(method);
+    }
 }
 
 } // namespace rsyslog_utils