diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/network/network.bbappend b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/network/network.bbappend
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+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/network/network.bbappend
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+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} += "ncsi-netlink.service"
diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/network/network/ncsi-netlink.service b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/network/network/ncsi-netlink.service
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+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/network/network/ncsi-netlink.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Stop the ethernet link failover
+Wants=xyz.openbmc_project.Network.service
+After=xyz.openbmc_project.Network.service
+
+[Service]
+Restart=no
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/env ncsi-netlink --set -x 2 -p 0 -c 0
+SyslogIdentifier=ncsi-netlink
+Type=oneshot
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy={SYSTEMD_DEFAULT_TARGET}