diff --git a/src/sonic-host-services-data/debian/sonic-host-services-data.process-reboot-cause.service b/src/sonic-host-services-data/debian/sonic-host-services-data.process-reboot-cause.service
index 32c2d0bb92..14af8868e1 100644
--- a/src/sonic-host-services-data/debian/sonic-host-services-data.process-reboot-cause.service
+++ b/src/sonic-host-services-data/debian/sonic-host-services-data.process-reboot-cause.service
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Retrieve the reboot cause from the history files and save them to StateDB
-Requires=database.service
-After=database.service
+Requires=database.service determine-reboot-cause.service
+After=database.service determine-reboot-cause.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple