diff --git a/device/marvell/armhf-marvell_et6448m_52x-r0/pmon_daemon_control.json b/device/marvell/armhf-marvell_et6448m_52x-r0/pmon_daemon_control.json
index 94592fa8ce..a3ecea34bc 100644
--- a/device/marvell/armhf-marvell_et6448m_52x-r0/pmon_daemon_control.json
+++ b/device/marvell/armhf-marvell_et6448m_52x-r0/pmon_daemon_control.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
+    "skip_thermalctld": true,
     "skip_ledd": true
 }