diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa3xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa3xx.c
index 4b048b1e805e..7cd9ef8deb02 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa3xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa3xx.c
@@ -513,6 +513,14 @@ static int __init pxa3xx_init(void)
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
 	if (cpu_is_pxa3xx()) {
+		/*
+		 * clear RDH bit every time after reset
+		 *
+		 * Note: the last 3 bits DxS are write-1-to-clear so carefully
+		 * preserve them here in case they will be referenced later
+		 */
+		ASCR &= ~(ASCR_RDH | ASCR_D1S | ASCR_D2S | ASCR_D3S);
+
 		clks_register(pxa3xx_clks, ARRAY_SIZE(pxa3xx_clks));
 
 		if ((ret = pxa_init_dma(32)))