diff --git a/drivers/reset/reset-socfpga.c b/drivers/reset/reset-socfpga.c
index 244db51d85..cb8312619f 100644
--- a/drivers/reset/reset-socfpga.c
+++ b/drivers/reset/reset-socfpga.c
@@ -27,6 +27,36 @@ struct socfpga_reset_data {
 	void __iomem *modrst_base;
 };
 
+/*
+ * For compatibility with Kernels that don't support peripheral reset, this
+ * driver can keep the old behaviour of not asserting peripheral reset before
+ * starting the OS and deasserting all peripheral resets (enabling all
+ * peripherals).
+ *
+ * For that, the reset driver checks the environment variable
+ * "socfpga_legacy_reset_compat". If this variable is '1', perihperals are not
+ * reset again once taken out of reset and all peripherals in 'permodrst' are
+ * taken out of reset before booting into the OS.
+ * Note that this should be required for gen5 systems only that are running
+ * Linux kernels without proper peripheral reset support for all drivers used.
+ */
+static bool socfpga_reset_keep_enabled(void)
+{
+#if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(ENV_SUPPORT)
+	const char *env_str;
+	long val;
+
+	env_str = env_get("socfpga_legacy_reset_compat");
+	if (env_str) {
+		val = simple_strtol(env_str, NULL, 0);
+		if (val == 1)
+			return true;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int socfpga_reset_assert(struct reset_ctl *reset_ctl)
 {
 	struct socfpga_reset_data *data = dev_get_priv(reset_ctl->dev);
@@ -90,6 +120,18 @@ static int socfpga_reset_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int socfpga_reset_remove(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct socfpga_reset_data *data = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	if (socfpga_reset_keep_enabled()) {
+		puts("Deasserting all peripheral resets\n");
+		writel(0, data->modrst_base + 4);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct udevice_id socfpga_reset_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "altr,rst-mgr" },
 	{ /* sentinel */ },
@@ -102,4 +144,6 @@ U_BOOT_DRIVER(socfpga_reset) = {
 	.probe = socfpga_reset_probe,
 	.priv_auto_alloc_size = sizeof(struct socfpga_reset_data),
 	.ops = &socfpga_reset_ops,
+	.remove = socfpga_reset_remove,
+	.flags	= DM_FLAG_OS_PREPARE,
 };