diff --git a/dockers/docker-sonic-telemetry/base_image_files/monit_telemetry b/dockers/docker-sonic-telemetry/base_image_files/monit_telemetry
index b3ba8b25fe1a..3941aecd4b0c 100644
--- a/dockers/docker-sonic-telemetry/base_image_files/monit_telemetry
+++ b/dockers/docker-sonic-telemetry/base_image_files/monit_telemetry
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 ## Monit configuration for telemetry container
 ###############################################################################
 check program container_memory_telemetry with path "/usr/bin/memory_checker telemetry 419430400"
-    if status == 3 for 10 times within 20 cycles then exec "/usr/bin/restart_service telemetry"
+    if status == 3 for 10 times within 20 cycles then exec "/usr/bin/restart_service telemetry" repeat every 2 cycles
diff --git a/files/image_config/monit/memory_checker b/files/image_config/monit/memory_checker
index 4f7912c1e56c..3cd0f2d80225 100755
--- a/files/image_config/monit/memory_checker
+++ b/files/image_config/monit/memory_checker
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ def check_memory_usage(container_name, threshold_value):
         if mem_usage_bytes > threshold_value:
             print("[{}]: Memory usage ({} Bytes) is larger than the threshold ({} Bytes)!"
                   .format(container_name, mem_usage_bytes, threshold_value))
+            syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "[{}]: Memory usage ({} Bytes) is larger than the threshold ({} Bytes)!"
+                  .format(container_name, mem_usage_bytes, threshold_value))
             sys.exit(3)
     else:
         syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR, "[memory_checker] Failed to retrieve memory value from '{}'"