diff --git a/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_env_cfg.sv b/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_env_cfg.sv
index a419580..b78dfad 100644
--- a/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_env_cfg.sv
+++ b/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_env_cfg.sv
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
   intr_vif              intr_vif;
   devmode_vif           devmode_vif;
 
-  // only security IP can support devmode. If supported, override it to 1 in initialize()
+  // en_devmode default sets to 1 because all IPs' devmode_i is tied off internally to 1
+  // TODO: enable random drive devmode once design supports
   bit                   has_devmode = 1;
-  bit                   en_devmode = 0;
+  bit                   en_devmode = 1;
 
   uint                  num_interrupts;
   string                list_of_alerts[] = {};
diff --git a/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_scoreboard.sv b/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_scoreboard.sv
index 3658c1f..125585c 100644
--- a/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_scoreboard.sv
+++ b/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_scoreboard.sv
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@
 
     if (!is_tl_access_mapped_addr(item)) begin
       is_tl_unmapped_addr = 1;
-      // if devmode is enabled, d_error won't be set
-      if (cfg.en_devmode == 0 || cfg.devmode_vif.sample()) begin
+      // if devmode is enabled, d_error will be set
+      if (cfg.en_devmode || cfg.devmode_vif.sample()) begin
         is_tl_err = 1;
       end
     end
diff --git a/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_vseq__tl_errors.svh b/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_vseq__tl_errors.svh
index b395524..5119f7e 100644
--- a/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_vseq__tl_errors.svh
+++ b/hw/dv/sv/cip_lib/cip_base_vseq__tl_errors.svh
@@ -139,9 +139,11 @@
   set_tl_assert_en(.enable(0));
   for (int trans = 1; trans <= num_times; trans++) begin
     `uvm_info(`gfn, $sformatf("Running run_tl_errors_vseq %0d/%0d", trans, num_times), UVM_LOW)
-    if (cfg.en_devmode == 1) begin
-      cfg.devmode_vif.drive($urandom_range(0, 1));
-    end
+    // TODO: once devmode is not tied internally in design, randomly drive devmode_vif
+    // if (cfg.en_devmode == 1) begin
+    //  cfg.devmode_vif.drive($urandom_range(0, 1));
+    // end
+
     // use multiple thread to create outstanding access
     fork
       begin: isolation_fork