diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/reset.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/reset.c
index 0d5dd646f61fa7d5aa743d4c68f162a2453d00e0..263b15249b5b803436709e1e5e268b9552bedef0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/reset.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/reset.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <mach/regs-ost.h>
 #include <mach/reset.h>
+#include <mach/smemc.h>
 
 unsigned int reset_status;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(reset_status);
@@ -81,6 +82,12 @@ static void do_hw_reset(void)
 	writel_relaxed(OSSR_M3, OSSR);
 	/* ... in 100 ms */
 	writel_relaxed(readl_relaxed(OSCR) + 368640, OSMR3);
+	/*
+	 * SDRAM hangs on watchdog reset on Marvell PXA270 (erratum 71)
+	 * we put SDRAM into self-refresh to prevent that
+	 */
+	while (1)
+		writel_relaxed(MDREFR_SLFRSH, MDREFR);
 }
 
 void pxa_restart(enum reboot_mode mode, const char *cmd)
@@ -104,4 +111,3 @@ void pxa_restart(enum reboot_mode mode, const char *cmd)
 		break;
 	}
 }
-