diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/reset.h b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/reset.h
index 9489a48..7b8842c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/reset.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/include/mach/reset.h
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
 extern unsigned int reset_status;
 extern void clear_reset_status(unsigned int mask);
 
-/*
- * register GPIO as reset generator
+/**
+ * init_gpio_reset() - register GPIO as reset generator
+ *
+ * @gpio - gpio nr
+ * @output - set gpio as out/low instead of input during normal work
  */
-extern int init_gpio_reset(int gpio);
+extern int init_gpio_reset(int gpio, int output);
 
 #endif /* __ASM_ARCH_RESET_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/reset.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/reset.c
index 31d7885..1b2af57 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/reset.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/reset.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 static int reset_gpio = -1;
 
-int init_gpio_reset(int gpio)
+int init_gpio_reset(int gpio, int output)
 {
 	int rc;
 
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	rc = gpio_direction_input(gpio);
+	if (output)
+		rc = gpio_direction_output(gpio, 0);
+	else
+		rc = gpio_direction_input(gpio);
 	if (rc) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Can't configure reset_gpio for input\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Can't configure reset_gpio\n");
 		gpio_free(gpio);
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c
index 9b4f24c..524f656 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
 
 static void __init common_init(void)
 {
-	init_gpio_reset(SPITZ_GPIO_ON_RESET);
+	init_gpio_reset(SPITZ_GPIO_ON_RESET, 1);
 	pm_power_off = spitz_poweroff;
 	arm_pm_restart = spitz_restart;
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c
index 9f3ef9e..130e37e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@
 	gpio_set_wake(MFP_PIN_GPIO1, 1);
 	/* We can't pass to gpio-keys since it will drop the Reset altfunc */
 
-	init_gpio_reset(TOSA_GPIO_ON_RESET);
+	init_gpio_reset(TOSA_GPIO_ON_RESET, 0);
 
 	pm_power_off = tosa_poweroff;
 	arm_pm_restart = tosa_restart;