diff --git a/src/debug.c b/src/debug.c
index 3fb491cb..c7e05830 100644
--- a/src/debug.c
+++ b/src/debug.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ void enableWatchdog(int period) {
         /* Watchdog was actually disabled, so we have to setup the signal
          * handler. */
         sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
-        act.sa_flags = SA_NODEFER | SA_ONSTACK | SA_SIGINFO;
+        act.sa_flags = SA_ONSTACK | SA_SIGINFO;
         act.sa_sigaction = watchdogSignalHandler;
         sigaction(SIGALRM, &act, NULL);
     }