diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/Makefile b/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/Makefile
index 54260b610763c4223ca5de4413c8804217b5fbf2..694b61ee423e3f18c188f0d7c6e52174fa61f9a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ LIB	:= $(obj)lib$(SOC).o
 
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_SYS_SC520) += sc520.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_PCI) += sc520_pci.o
+COBJS-$(CONFIG_SYS_SC520_RESET) += sc520_reset.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_SYS_SC520) += sc520_sdram.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_SYS_SC520_SSI) += sc520_ssi.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_SYS_SC520_TIMER) += sc520_timer.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/sc520.c b/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/sc520.c
index edc1a5c0f2946e51f55954d2996a2c8efbc86d50..8c410a2337d46b720421fc2926be473e3f62c8de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/sc520.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/sc520.c
@@ -65,13 +65,3 @@ int cpu_init_r(void)
 	return x86_cpu_init_r();
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_SC520_RESET
-void reset_cpu(ulong addr)
-{
-	printf("Resetting using SC520 MMCR\n");
-	/* Write a '1' to the SYS_RST of the RESCFG MMCR */
-	writeb(0x01, &sc520_mmcr->rescfg);
-
-	/* NOTREACHED */
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/sc520_reset.c b/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/sc520_reset.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..79ef976838c067da3c364899519ca1e8b4e0cade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/sc520/sc520_reset.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2011
+ * Graeme Russ, <graeme.russ@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2002
+ * Daniel Engström, Omicron Ceti AB, <daniel@omicron.se>
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/ic/sc520.h>
+
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
+void reset_cpu(ulong addr)
+{
+	printf("Resetting using SC520 MMCR\n");
+	/* Write a '1' to the SYS_RST of the RESCFG MMCR */
+	writeb(0x01, &sc520_mmcr->rescfg);
+
+	/* NOTREACHED */
+}