diff --git a/Fix-controller-not-check-watchdog-fencing-status.patch b/Fix-controller-not-check-watchdog-fencing-status.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5b84a54e85c44c982bf9915f62f806c0a1acea45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Fix-controller-not-check-watchdog-fencing-status.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 9a0c1bbc899fff8c5c0de2462726bd128fd35c73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: bizhiyuan <bizhiyuan@kylinos.cn>
+Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 23:47:24 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix: controller: do not check whether watchdog fencing is
+ enabled for the node if stonith-watchdog-timeout is not even configured
+
+---
+ daemons/controld/controld_fencing.c | 8 +++++---
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/daemons/controld/controld_fencing.c b/daemons/controld/controld_fencing.c
+index 89cb61f..84591b6 100644
+--- a/daemons/controld/controld_fencing.c
++++ b/daemons/controld/controld_fencing.c
+@@ -1000,12 +1000,14 @@ controld_execute_fence_action(pcmk__graph_t *graph,
+ bool
+ controld_verify_stonith_watchdog_timeout(const char *value)
+ {
++    long st_timeout = value? crm_get_msec(value) : 0;
+     const char *our_nodename = controld_globals.our_nodename;
+     gboolean rv = TRUE;
+ 
+-    if (stonith_api && (stonith_api->state != stonith_disconnected) &&
+-        stonith__watchdog_fencing_enabled_for_node_api(stonith_api,
+-                                                       our_nodename)) {
++    if (st_timeout == 0
++        || (stonith_api && (stonith_api->state != stonith_disconnected) &&
++            stonith__watchdog_fencing_enabled_for_node_api(stonith_api,
++                                                           our_nodename))) {
+         rv = pcmk__valid_sbd_timeout(value);
+     }
+     return rv;
+-- 
+2.27.0
+
diff --git a/pacemaker.spec b/pacemaker.spec
index 3613adc1d210c23e5898ce36294bd17abe6a42a7..71d6bb29ddced96b936f54f2ebb32ccd1ec6182b 100644
--- a/pacemaker.spec
+++ b/pacemaker.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ## can be incremented to build packages reliably considered "newer"
 ## than previously built packages with the same pcmkversion)
 %global pcmkversion 2.1.6
-%global specversion 8
+%global specversion 9
 
 ## Upstream commit (full commit ID, abbreviated commit ID, or tag) to build
 %global commit 6fdc9deea294bbad629b003c6ae036aaed8e3ee0
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ Patch3:        Fix-libcrmcommon-wait-for-reply-from-appropriate-con.patch
 Patch4:        Refactor-fencer-sleep-1s-between-reconnects.patch
 Patch5:        Fix-the-validation-function-of-input.patch
 Patch6:        Fix-a-bug-in-clone-resource-description-display.patch
+Patch7:        Fix-controller-not-check-watchdog-fencing-status.patch
 # upstream commits
 
 Requires:      resource-agents
@@ -777,6 +778,9 @@ exit 0
 %license %{nagios_name}-%{nagios_hash}/COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep 6 2023 bizhiyuan <bizhiyuan@kylinos.cn> - 2.1.6-9
+- Fix: do not check whether watchdog fencing is enabled for the node if stonith-watchdog-timeout is not configured
+
 * Mon Sep 4 2023 bizhiyuan <bizhiyuan@kylinos.cn> - 2.1.6-8
 - Fix a bug in clone resource description display