diff --git a/include/asm-arm/arch-ep93xx/uncompress.h b/include/asm-arm/arch-ep93xx/uncompress.h
index 4410d21..2171082 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/arch-ep93xx/uncompress.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/arch-ep93xx/uncompress.h
@@ -16,11 +16,21 @@
 	return *((volatile unsigned char *)ptr);
 }
 
+static unsigned int __raw_readl(unsigned int ptr)
+{
+	return *((volatile unsigned int *)ptr);
+}
+
 static void __raw_writeb(unsigned char value, unsigned int ptr)
 {
 	*((volatile unsigned char *)ptr) = value;
 }
 
+static void __raw_writel(unsigned int value, unsigned int ptr)
+{
+	*((volatile unsigned int *)ptr) = value;
+}
+
 
 #define PHYS_UART1_DATA		0x808c0000
 #define PHYS_UART1_FLAG		0x808c0018
@@ -49,5 +59,33 @@
 	}
 }
 
-#define arch_decomp_setup()
+
+/*
+ * Some bootloaders don't turn off DMA from the ethernet MAC before
+ * jumping to linux, which means that we might end up with bits of RX
+ * status and packet data scribbled over the uncompressed kernel image.
+ * Work around this by resetting the ethernet MAC before we uncompress.
+ */
+#define PHYS_ETH_SELF_CTL		0x80010020
+#define ETH_SELF_CTL_RESET		0x00000001
+
+static void ethernet_reset(void)
+{
+	unsigned int v;
+
+	/* Reset the ethernet MAC.  */
+	v = __raw_readl(PHYS_ETH_SELF_CTL);
+	__raw_writel(v | ETH_SELF_CTL_RESET, PHYS_ETH_SELF_CTL);
+
+	/* Wait for reset to finish.  */
+	while (__raw_readl(PHYS_ETH_SELF_CTL) & ETH_SELF_CTL_RESET)
+		;
+}
+
+
+static void arch_decomp_setup(void)
+{
+	ethernet_reset();
+}
+
 #define arch_decomp_wdog()