diff --git a/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c b/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c
index 22e94e7b9c..d94b83c109 100644
--- a/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/watchdog/wdt_aspeed.c
@@ -51,11 +51,20 @@
 #define WDT_TIMEOUT_CLEAR               (0x14 / 4)
 
 #define WDT_RESTART_MAGIC               0x4755
+#define WDT_SW_RESET_ENABLE             0xAEEDF123
 
 #define AST2600_SCU_RESET_CONTROL1      (0x40 / 4)
 #define SCU_RESET_CONTROL1              (0x04 / 4)
 #define    SCU_RESET_SDRAM              BIT(0)
 
+static bool aspeed_wdt_is_soc_reset_mode(const AspeedWDTState *s)
+{
+    uint32_t mode;
+
+    mode = extract32(s->regs[WDT_CTRL], 5, 2);
+    return (mode == WDT_CTRL_RESET_MODE_SOC);
+}
+
 static bool aspeed_wdt_is_enabled(const AspeedWDTState *s)
 {
     return s->regs[WDT_CTRL] & WDT_CTRL_ENABLE;
@@ -199,13 +208,18 @@ static void aspeed_wdt_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, uint64_t data,
     case WDT_TIMEOUT_STATUS:
     case WDT_TIMEOUT_CLEAR:
     case WDT_RESET_MASK2:
-    case WDT_SW_RESET_CTRL:
     case WDT_SW_RESET_MASK1:
     case WDT_SW_RESET_MASK2:
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_UNIMP,
                       "%s: uninmplemented write at offset 0x%" HWADDR_PRIx "\n",
                       __func__, offset);
         break;
+    case WDT_SW_RESET_CTRL:
+        if (aspeed_wdt_is_soc_reset_mode(s) &&
+            (data == WDT_SW_RESET_ENABLE)) {
+            watchdog_perform_action();
+        }
+        break;
     default:
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
                       "%s: Out-of-bounds write at offset 0x%" HWADDR_PRIx "\n",