diff --git a/tools/frr.service.in b/tools/frr.service.in
index df1e4f3b08..1e958dd93e 100644
--- a/tools/frr.service.in
+++ b/tools/frr.service.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ StartLimitBurst=3
 TimeoutSec=@TIMEOUT_MIN@m
 WatchdogSec=60s
 RestartSec=5
-Restart=on-abnormal
+Restart=always
 LimitNOFILE=1024
 PIDFile=@CFG_STATE@/watchfrr.pid
 ExecStart=@CFG_SBIN@/frrinit.sh start
diff --git a/tools/frr@.service.in b/tools/frr@.service.in
index 1cbef1b18c..85408a0cc7 100644
--- a/tools/frr@.service.in
+++ b/tools/frr@.service.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ StartLimitBurst=3
 TimeoutSec=@TIMEOUT_MIN@m
 WatchdogSec=60s
 RestartSec=5
-Restart=on-abnormal
+Restart=always
 LimitNOFILE=1024
 PIDFile=@CFG_STATE@/%I/watchfrr.pid
 ExecStart=@CFG_SBIN@/frrinit.sh start %I