diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 238dbeefa8c6..19e728ccb5cf 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 19381f024b01413d83cec1655c3fc4c9c09ae274
+refs/heads/master: a9c59c2746c7e773839d51027c0e16ccf41f8fef
diff --git a/trunk/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c b/trunk/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
index b6ac6f8067b8..02dc74301920 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/blackfin/kernel/setup.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 #include <asm/blackfin.h>
 #include <asm/cplbinit.h>
 
+u16 _bfin_swrst;
+
 unsigned long memory_start, memory_end, physical_mem_end;
 unsigned long reserved_mem_dcache_on;
 unsigned long reserved_mem_icache_on;
@@ -381,6 +383,12 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	if (l1_length > L1_DATA_A_LENGTH)
 		panic("L1 memory overflow\n");
 
+#ifdef BF561_FAMILY
+	_bfin_swrst = bfin_read_SICA_SWRST();
+#else
+	_bfin_swrst = bfin_read_SWRST();
+#endif
+
 	bf53x_cache_init();
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Hardware Trace Enabled\n");
diff --git a/trunk/include/asm-blackfin/bfin-global.h b/trunk/include/asm-blackfin/bfin-global.h
index e37f81609fc3..57f37ccdcdf1 100644
--- a/trunk/include/asm-blackfin/bfin-global.h
+++ b/trunk/include/asm-blackfin/bfin-global.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ extern unsigned long dpdt_swapcount_table[];
 
 extern unsigned long table_start, table_end;
 
+extern u16 _bfin_swrst; /* shadow for Software Reset Register (SWRST) */
 extern struct file_operations dpmc_fops;
 extern char _start;
 extern unsigned long _ramstart, _ramend, _rambase;