diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/sp810.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/sp810.h
index 721847dc68abd0ea3d5590af9e9fe09d48277363..e0d1c0cfa54816fda646b9d1b2996d9e1176fff6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/sp810.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/sp810.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 
 static inline void sysctl_soft_reset(void __iomem *base)
 {
+	/* switch to slow mode */
+	writel(0x2, base + SCCTRL);
+
 	/* writing any value to SCSYSSTAT reg will reset system */
 	writel(0, base + SCSYSSTAT);
 }