diff --git a/inference-engine/thirdparty/movidius/mvnc/src/watchdog/watchdog.cpp b/inference-engine/thirdparty/movidius/mvnc/src/watchdog/watchdog.cpp
index fb5afeb1bab..a1821c88846 100644
--- a/inference-engine/thirdparty/movidius/mvnc/src/watchdog/watchdog.cpp
+++ b/inference-engine/thirdparty/movidius/mvnc/src/watchdog/watchdog.cpp
@@ -110,9 +110,12 @@ WatchdogImpl::WatchdogImpl() {
     if (rc != 0) {
         throw std::runtime_error("failed to set condition variable clock. rc: " + std::to_string(rc));
     }
+
+    rc = pthread_cond_init(&wakeUpPingThread, &attr);
+#else
+    rc = pthread_cond_init(&wakeUpPingThread, NULL);
 #endif // !(defined(__APPLE__) || defined(_WIN32))
 
-    rc = pthread_cond_init(&wakeUpPingThread, NULL);
     if (rc != 0) {
         throw std::runtime_error("failed to initialize \"wakeUpPingThread\" condition variable. rc: " + std::to_string(rc));
     }