diff --git a/src/soc/intel/baytrail/baytrail/pmc.h b/src/soc/intel/baytrail/baytrail/pmc.h
index 64de97a..2cf1f00 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/baytrail/baytrail/pmc.h
+++ b/src/soc/intel/baytrail/baytrail/pmc.h
@@ -27,4 +27,14 @@
 #define GEN_PMCONF1	0x20
 #	define UART_EN		(1 << 24)
 
+/* IO Mapped registers behind ACPI_BASE_ADDRESS */
+#define TCO_RLD			0x60
+#define TCO_STS			0x64
+#	define SECOND_TO_STS	(1 << 17)
+#	define TCO_TIMEOUT	(1 << 3)
+#define TCO1_CNT		0x68
+#	define TCO_LOCK		(1 << 12)
+#	define TCO_TMR_HALT	(1 << 11)
+#define TCO_TMR			0x70
+
 #endif /* _BAYTRAIL_PMC_H_ */
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/baytrail/baytrail/romstage.h b/src/soc/intel/baytrail/baytrail/romstage.h
index b797e8e..760905c 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/baytrail/baytrail/romstage.h
+++ b/src/soc/intel/baytrail/baytrail/romstage.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 void asmlinkage romstage_after_car(void);
 void raminit(struct mrc_params *mp, int prev_sleep_state);
 void gfx_init(void);
+void tco_disable(void);
 
 #if CONFIG_ENABLE_BUILTIN_COM1
 void byt_config_com1_and_enable(void);
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/Makefile.inc b/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/Makefile.inc
index 912298d..2ec975b 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/Makefile.inc
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 romstage-y += romstage.c
 romstage-y += raminit.c
 romstage-y += gfx.c
+romstage-y += pmc.c
 romstage-$(CONFIG_ENABLE_BUILTIN_COM1) += com1.c
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/pmc.c b/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/pmc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..414a6bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/pmc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <arch/io.h>
+#include <baytrail/iomap.h>
+#include <baytrail/iosf.h>
+#include <baytrail/pci_devs.h>
+#include <baytrail/pmc.h>
+#include <baytrail/romstage.h>
+
+void tco_disable(void)
+{
+	uint32_t reg;
+
+	reg = inl(ACPI_BASE_ADDRESS + TCO1_CNT);
+	reg |= TCO_TMR_HALT;
+	outl(reg, ACPI_BASE_ADDRESS + TCO1_CNT);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/romstage.c b/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/romstage.c
index 09044c1..dcadd91 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/romstage.c
+++ b/src/soc/intel/baytrail/romstage/romstage.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <timestamp.h>
 #include <baytrail/gpio.h>
 #include <baytrail/iomap.h>
-#include <baytrail/iosf.h>
 #include <baytrail/lpc.h>
 #include <baytrail/pci_devs.h>
 #include <baytrail/romstage.h>
@@ -107,6 +106,8 @@
 
 	program_base_addresses();
 
+	tco_disable();
+
 	byt_config_com1_and_enable();
 
 	console_init();