diff --git a/hal/armv7m/stm32/l4/stm32l4.c b/hal/armv7m/stm32/l4/stm32l4.c
index ba55b834..c468b6d5 100644
--- a/hal/armv7m/stm32/l4/stm32l4.c
+++ b/hal/armv7m/stm32/l4/stm32l4.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ void _stm32_switchFlashBank(int bank)
 
 void _stm32_wdgReload(void)
 {
-#if defined(WATCHDOG) && defined(NDEBUG)
+#if defined(WATCHDOG)
 	*(stm32_common.iwdg + iwdg_kr) = 0xaaaa;
 #endif
 }
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ void _stm32_init(void)
 
 	hal_cpuDataMemoryBarrier();
 
-#if defined(WATCHDOG) && defined(NDEBUG)
+#if defined(WATCHDOG)
 	/* Init watchdog */
 	/* Enable write access to IWDG */
 	*(stm32_common.iwdg + iwdg_kr) = 0x5555;