diff --git a/watchdogd.te b/watchdogd.te
index 33609e47f5626bff0cca4a70ac9f8581ec4d64e9..be193eae5c4d9096656eff3a51ddb852e0b4cda8 100644
--- a/watchdogd.te
+++ b/watchdogd.te
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # watchdogd seclabel is specified in init.<board>.rc
 type watchdogd, domain;
-permissive watchdogd;
 allow watchdogd rootfs:file { entrypoint r_file_perms };
 allow watchdogd self:capability mknod;
 allow watchdogd device:dir { add_name write remove_name };