diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog-config/watchdog.default b/meta/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog-config/watchdog.default
index 647d5abca5..cee5fdc2b6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog-config/watchdog.default
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog-config/watchdog.default
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Start watchdog at boot time? 0 or 1
 run_watchdog=1
+watchdog_module=none