diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/obmc-enable-host-watchdog@.service b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/obmc-enable-host-watchdog@.service
index 1fc88f3..a921fc3 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/obmc-enable-host-watchdog@.service
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/obmc-enable-host-watchdog@.service
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 Wants=mapper-wait@-xyz-openbmc_project-watchdog-host%i.service
 After=mapper-wait@-xyz-openbmc_project-watchdog-host%i.service
 Conflicts=obmc-host-stop@%i.target
+ConditionPathExists=!/run/openbmc/host@%i-on
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot