diff --git a/sound/arm/pxa2xx-ac97-lib.c b/sound/arm/pxa2xx-ac97-lib.c
index 6fc0ae9..1ecd0a66 100644
--- a/sound/arm/pxa2xx-ac97-lib.c
+++ b/sound/arm/pxa2xx-ac97-lib.c
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@
 
 static inline void pxa_ac97_cold_pxa27x(void)
 {
+	unsigned int timeout;
+
 	GCR &=  GCR_COLD_RST;  /* clear everything but nCRST */
 	GCR &= ~GCR_COLD_RST;  /* then assert nCRST */
 
@@ -157,8 +159,10 @@
 	clk_enable(ac97conf_clk);
 	udelay(5);
 	clk_disable(ac97conf_clk);
-	GCR = GCR_COLD_RST;
-	udelay(50);
+	GCR = GCR_COLD_RST | GCR_WARM_RST;
+	timeout = 100;     /* wait for the codec-ready bit to be set */
+	while (!((GSR | gsr_bits) & (GSR_PCR | GSR_SCR)) && timeout--)
+		mdelay(1);
 }
 #endif