diff --git a/files/image_config/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.j2 b/files/image_config/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.j2
index 07d81de934..264ddd8dd7 100644
--- a/files/image_config/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.j2
+++ b/files/image_config/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf.j2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ $UDPServerRun 514
 #$ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat
 
 # Define a custom template
-$template SONiCFileFormat,"%TIMESTAMP%.%timestamp:::date-subseconds% %HOSTNAME% %syslogseverity-text:::uppercase% %syslogtag%%msg:::sp-if-no-1st-sp%%msg:::drop-last-lf%\n"
+$template SONiCFileFormat,"%timegenerated%.%timegenerated:::date-subseconds% %HOSTNAME% %syslogseverity-text:::uppercase% %syslogtag%%msg:::sp-if-no-1st-sp%%msg:::drop-last-lf%\n"
 $ActionFileDefaultTemplate SONiCFileFormat
 
 #Set remote syslog server