diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
index 75bf07910b81..fdf62b4246b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
 
 struct tag;
 struct meminfo;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ struct machine_desc {
 	unsigned char		reserve_lp0 :1;	/* never has lp0	*/
 	unsigned char		reserve_lp1 :1;	/* never has lp1	*/
 	unsigned char		reserve_lp2 :1;	/* never has lp2	*/
-	char			restart_mode;	/* default restart mode	*/
+	enum reboot_mode	reboot_mode;	/* default restart mode	*/
 	struct smp_operations	*smp;		/* SMP operations	*/
 	bool			(*smp_init)(void);
 	void			(*fixup)(struct tag *, char **,
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 7f1efcd4a6e9..2d544062fd7d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ void arch_cpu_idle(void)
 		default_idle();
 }
 
-static char reboot_mode = 'h';
+enum reboot_mode reboot_mode = REBOOT_HARD;
 
-int __init reboot_setup(char *str)
+static int __init reboot_setup(char *str)
 {
-	reboot_mode = str[0];
+	if ('s' == str[0])
+		reboot_mode = REBOOT_SOFT;
 	return 1;
 }
-
 __setup("reboot=", reboot_setup);
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 9b653278c9e8..63af9a7ae512 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ __setup("fpe=", fpe_setup);
 
 extern void paging_init(struct machine_desc *desc);
 extern void sanity_check_meminfo(void);
-extern void reboot_setup(char *str);
+extern enum reboot_mode reboot_mode;
 extern void setup_dma_zone(struct machine_desc *desc);
 
 unsigned int processor_id;
@@ -861,8 +861,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	setup_dma_zone(mdesc);
 
-	if (mdesc->restart_mode)
-		reboot_setup(&mdesc->restart_mode);
+	if (mdesc->reboot_mode != REBOOT_HARD)
+		reboot_mode = mdesc->reboot_mode;
 
 	init_mm.start_code = (unsigned long) _text;
 	init_mm.end_code   = (unsigned long) _etext;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/cats-hw.c b/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/cats-hw.c
index 6987a09ec219..9669cc0b6318 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/cats-hw.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-footbridge/cats-hw.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ fixup_cats(struct tag *tags, char **cmdline, struct meminfo *mi)
 MACHINE_START(CATS, "Chalice-CATS")
 	/* Maintainer: Philip Blundell */
 	.atag_offset	= 0x100,
-	.restart_mode	= 's',
+	.reboot_mode	= REBOOT_SOFT,
 	.fixup		= fixup_cats,
 	.map_io		= footbridge_map_io,
 	.init_irq	= footbridge_init_irq,