diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
index 01130e93126d..73348afa4b80 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
@@ -416,7 +416,10 @@ static void octeon_restart(char *command)
 
 	mb();
 	while (1)
-		cvmx_write_csr(CVMX_CIU_SOFT_RST, 1);
+		if (OCTEON_IS_OCTEON3())
+			cvmx_write_csr(CVMX_RST_SOFT_RST, 1);
+		else
+			cvmx_write_csr(CVMX_CIU_SOFT_RST, 1);
 }