diff --git a/meta-venus/recipes-extended/watchdog/files/init b/meta-venus/recipes-extended/watchdog/files/init
index 9c5d74a53..56f9d73b9 100644
--- a/meta-venus/recipes-extended/watchdog/files/init
+++ b/meta-venus/recipes-extended/watchdog/files/init
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ case "$1" in
   stop)
 	# note: this forcefully kill the watchdog process, keeping the hw watchdog active
 	echo "Stopping $DESC (keeping hw watchdog alive)"
+	logger "Stopping $DESC (keeping hw watchdog alive)"
 	killall -9 watchdog
 	;;
   disable)
diff --git a/meta-venus/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog_%.bbappend b/meta-venus/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog_%.bbappend
index 8b6dc7cb6..96a3edb35 100644
--- a/meta-venus/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-venus/recipes-extended/watchdog/watchdog_%.bbappend
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SRC_URI += "\
 
 INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
 INITSCRIPT_NAME_${PN} = "watchdog"
-INITSCRIPT_PARAMS_${PN} = "start 80 S . stop 20 0 1 6 ."
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS_${PN} = "start 80 S . stop 00 0 1 6 ."
 
 do_compile_append () {
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -DMACH_${MACHINE} \