diff --git a/board/isee/igep0033/board.c b/board/isee/igep0033/board.c
index 3e9e25f..ea3bea5 100644
--- a/board/isee/igep0033/board.c
+++ b/board/isee/igep0033/board.c
@@ -36,21 +36,13 @@
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 static struct wd_timer *wdtimer = (struct wd_timer *)WDT_BASE;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-static struct uart_sys *uart_base = (struct uart_sys *)DEFAULT_UART_BASE;
-#endif
 
 /* MII mode defines */
 #define RMII_MODE_ENABLE	0x4D
 
 static struct ctrl_dev *cdev = (struct ctrl_dev *)CTRL_DEVICE_BASE;
 
-/* UART Defines */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-#define UART_RESET		(0x1 << 1)
-#define UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK	0x1
-#define UART_SMART_IDLE_EN	(0x1 << 0x3)
-
 static const struct ddr_data ddr3_data = {
 	.datardsratio0 = K4B2G1646EBIH9_RD_DQS,
 	.datawdsratio0 = K4B2G1646EBIH9_WR_DQS,
@@ -115,23 +107,9 @@
 	/* Enable RTC32K clock */
 	rtc32k_enable();
 
-	/* UART softreset */
-	u32 regval;
-
 	enable_uart0_pin_mux();
 
-	regval = readl(&uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	regval |= UART_RESET;
-	writel(regval, &uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	while ((readl(&uart_base->uartsyssts) &
-		UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK) != UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK)
-		;
-
-	/* Disable smart idle */
-	regval = readl(&uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	regval |= UART_SMART_IDLE_EN;
-	writel(regval, &uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-
+	uart_soft_reset();
 	gd = &gdata;
 
 	preloader_console_init();
diff --git a/board/phytec/pcm051/board.c b/board/phytec/pcm051/board.c
index 281f699..0cca8d7 100644
--- a/board/phytec/pcm051/board.c
+++ b/board/phytec/pcm051/board.c
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 static struct wd_timer *wdtimer = (struct wd_timer *)WDT_BASE;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-static struct uart_sys *uart_base = (struct uart_sys *)DEFAULT_UART_BASE;
-#endif
 
 /* MII mode defines */
 #define MII_MODE_ENABLE		0x0
@@ -50,11 +47,7 @@
 
 static struct ctrl_dev *cdev = (struct ctrl_dev *)CTRL_DEVICE_BASE;
 
-/* UART defines */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-#define UART_RESET		(0x1 << 1)
-#define UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK	0x1
-#define UART_SMART_IDLE_EN	(0x1 << 0x3)
 
 /* DDR RAM defines */
 #define DDR_CLK_MHZ		303 /* DDR_DPLL_MULT value */
@@ -125,22 +118,8 @@
 	/* Enable RTC32K clock */
 	rtc32k_enable();
 
-	/* UART softreset */
-	u32 regval;
-
 	enable_uart0_pin_mux();
-
-	regval = readl(&uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	regval |= UART_RESET;
-	writel(regval, &uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	while ((readl(&uart_base->uartsyssts) &	UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK)
-		!= UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK)
-		;
-
-	/* Disable smart idle */
-	regval = readl(&uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	regval |= UART_SMART_IDLE_EN;
-	writel(regval, &uart_base->uartsyscfg);
+	uart_soft_reset();
 
 	gd = &gdata;
 
diff --git a/board/ti/am335x/board.c b/board/ti/am335x/board.c
index 75f129e..fb98df0 100644
--- a/board/ti/am335x/board.c
+++ b/board/ti/am335x/board.c
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 static struct wd_timer *wdtimer = (struct wd_timer *)WDT_BASE;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-static struct uart_sys *uart_base = (struct uart_sys *)DEFAULT_UART_BASE;
-#endif
 
 /* MII mode defines */
 #define MII_MODE_ENABLE		0x0
@@ -126,12 +123,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* UART Defines */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-#define UART_RESET		(0x1 << 1)
-#define UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK	0x1
-#define UART_SMART_IDLE_EN	(0x1 << 0x3)
-
 static const struct ddr_data ddr2_data = {
 	.datardsratio0 = ((MT47H128M16RT25E_RD_DQS<<30) |
 			  (MT47H128M16RT25E_RD_DQS<<20) |
@@ -314,9 +306,6 @@
 	/* Enable RTC32K clock */
 	rtc32k_enable();
 
-	/* UART softreset */
-	u32 regVal;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL1
 	enable_uart0_pin_mux();
 #endif /* CONFIG_SERIAL1 */
@@ -336,17 +325,7 @@
 	enable_uart5_pin_mux();
 #endif /* CONFIG_SERIAL6 */
 
-	regVal = readl(&uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	regVal |= UART_RESET;
-	writel(regVal, &uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	while ((readl(&uart_base->uartsyssts) &
-		UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK) != UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK)
-		;
-
-	/* Disable smart idle */
-	regVal = readl(&uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	regVal |= UART_SMART_IDLE_EN;
-	writel(regVal, &uart_base->uartsyscfg);
+	uart_soft_reset();
 
 	gd = &gdata;
 
diff --git a/board/ti/ti814x/evm.c b/board/ti/ti814x/evm.c
index 38a6ced..6ad3dd8 100644
--- a/board/ti/ti814x/evm.c
+++ b/board/ti/ti814x/evm.c
@@ -37,33 +37,16 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 static struct wd_timer *wdtimer = (struct wd_timer *)WDT_BASE;
-static struct uart_sys *uart_base = (struct uart_sys *)DEFAULT_UART_BASE;
 #endif
 
 static struct ctrl_dev *cdev = (struct ctrl_dev *)CTRL_DEVICE_BASE;
 
 /* UART Defines */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-#define UART_RESET		(0x1 << 1)
-#define UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK	0x1
-#define UART_SMART_IDLE_EN	(0x1 << 0x3)
-
 static void uart_enable(void)
 {
-	u32 regVal;
-
 	/* UART softreset */
-	regVal = readl(&uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	regVal |= UART_RESET;
-	writel(regVal, &uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	while ((readl(&uart_base->uartsyssts) &
-		UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK) != UART_CLK_RUNNING_MASK)
-		;
-
-	/* Disable smart idle */
-	regVal = readl(&uart_base->uartsyscfg);
-	regVal |= UART_SMART_IDLE_EN;
-	writel(regVal, &uart_base->uartsyscfg);
+	uart_soft_reset();
 }
 
 static void wdt_disable(void)