diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/imx9/Make.defs b/arch/arm64/src/imx9/Make.defs
index e0f21cdc539fa..456fe4b89f19e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/src/imx9/Make.defs
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/imx9/Make.defs
@@ -91,3 +91,8 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_IMX9_FLEXCAN), y)
   CHIP_CSRCS += imx9_flexcan.c
 endif
+
+ifneq ($(CONFI_IMX9_HAVE_ATF_FIRMWARE), y)
+  CHIP_CSRCS += imx9_reset.c
+endif
+
diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/imx9/imx9_reset.c b/arch/arm64/src/imx9/imx9_reset.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..48da1c06639be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/imx9/imx9_reset.c
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * arch/arm64/src/imx9/imx9_reset.c
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <nuttx/arch.h>
+#include <nuttx/clock.h>
+#include <debug.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "imx9_pmic.h"
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+void up_systemreset(void)
+{
+  imx9_pmic_reset();
+
+  /* Wait for the reset */
+
+  while (1);
+}
+