diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/40-hardware-watchdog.conf b/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/40-hardware-watchdog.conf
index 42ca55e..f737358 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/40-hardware-watchdog.conf
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-core/systemd/systemd/40-hardware-watchdog.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [Manager]
-#RuntimeWatchdogSec=120s
-#WatchdogDevice=/dev/watchdog
+RuntimeWatchdogSec=120s
+WatchdogDevice=/dev/watchdog1