diff --git a/platform/marvell/sonic-platform-nokia/7215/service/cpu_wdt.service b/platform/marvell/sonic-platform-nokia/7215/service/cpu_wdt.service
index 761deec569cc..993070a14a2a 100644
--- a/platform/marvell/sonic-platform-nokia/7215/service/cpu_wdt.service
+++ b/platform/marvell/sonic-platform-nokia/7215/service/cpu_wdt.service
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=CPU WDT
+Conflicts=watchdog-control.service
 After=nokia-7215init.service
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/cpu_wdt.py
diff --git a/platform/marvell/sonic-platform-nokia/debian/sonic-platform-nokia-7215.postinst b/platform/marvell/sonic-platform-nokia/debian/sonic-platform-nokia-7215.postinst
index 9dfcc91de046..1a5f95c1a21e 100644
--- a/platform/marvell/sonic-platform-nokia/debian/sonic-platform-nokia-7215.postinst
+++ b/platform/marvell/sonic-platform-nokia/debian/sonic-platform-nokia-7215.postinst
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ systemctl restart kmod
 systemctl enable nokia-7215init.service
 systemctl start nokia-7215init.service
 
+systemctl mask --now watchdog-control.service
+
 systemctl enable cpu_wdt.service
 systemctl start cpu_wdt.service