diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/apmd/apmd-3.2.2-14/apmd.service b/meta/recipes-bsp/apmd/apmd-3.2.2-14/apmd.service
index 62d6af1019..ffab82334f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/apmd/apmd-3.2.2-14/apmd.service
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/apmd/apmd-3.2.2-14/apmd.service
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ Description=Advanced Power Management daemon
 After=remote-fs.target
 
 [Service]
-EnvironmentFile-= @SYSCONFDIR@/default/apmd
+EnvironmentFile=-@SYSCONFDIR@/default/apmd
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/apmd -P @SYSCONFDIR@/apm/apmd_proxy $APMD