diff --git a/arch/nios2/cpu/cpu.c b/arch/nios2/cpu/cpu.c
index 6379534a0b..d9c654477d 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/cpu/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/cpu/cpu.c
@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ int checkcpu (void)
 	return (0);
 }
 
-
-int do_reset (void)
+int do_reset(void)
 {
-	void (*rst)(void) = (void(*)(void))CONFIG_SYS_RESET_ADDR;
-	disable_interrupts ();
-	rst();
-	return(0);
+	disable_interrupts();
+	/* indirect call to go beyond 256MB limitation of toolchain */
+	nios2_callr(CONFIG_SYS_RESET_ADDR);
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/system.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/system.h
index bb03ca5316..086d92bb0c 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/system.h
@@ -56,4 +56,9 @@
 	((flags & NIOS2_STATUS_PIE_MSK) == 0x0);	\
 })
 
+/* indirect call to go beyond 256MB limitation of toolchain */
+#define nios2_callr(addr) __asm__ __volatile__ (	\
+	"callr	%0"					\
+	: : "r" (addr))
+
 #endif /* __ASM_NIOS2_SYSTEM_H */