diff --git a/src/mainboard/asus/a8v-e_se/cache_as_ram_auto.c b/src/mainboard/asus/a8v-e_se/cache_as_ram_auto.c
index 796b87f581..58dce4dd05 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/asus/a8v-e_se/cache_as_ram_auto.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/asus/a8v-e_se/cache_as_ram_auto.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ void failover_process(unsigned long bist, unsigned long cpu_init_detectedx)
 	w83627ehg_enable_serial(SERIAL_DEV, TTYS0_BASE);
 	uart_init();
 	console_init();
+	enable_rom_decode();
 
 	print_info("now booting... fallback\r\n");
 
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ void real_main(unsigned long bist, unsigned long cpu_init_detectedx)
 	w83627ehg_enable_serial(SERIAL_DEV, TTYS0_BASE);
 	uart_init();
 	console_init();
+	enable_rom_decode();
 
 	print_info("now booting... real_main\r\n");
 
diff --git a/src/southbridge/via/vt8237r/vt8237r_early_smbus.c b/src/southbridge/via/vt8237r/vt8237r_early_smbus.c
index 9116e46dbd..5e62f39e4d 100644
--- a/src/southbridge/via/vt8237r/vt8237r_early_smbus.c
+++ b/src/southbridge/via/vt8237r/vt8237r_early_smbus.c
@@ -212,3 +212,18 @@ void smbus_fixup(const struct mem_controller *ctrl)
 	else
 		PRINT_DEBUG("Done\r\n");
 }
+
+void enable_rom_decode(void)
+{
+	device_t dev;
+
+	/* Bus Control and Power Management  */
+	dev = pci_locate_device(PCI_ID(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA,
+				       PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIA_VT8237R_LPC), 0);
+
+	if (dev == PCI_DEV_INVALID)
+		die("SB not found\r\n");
+
+	/* ROM decode last 1MB FFC00000 - FFFFFFFF */
+	pci_write_config8(dev, 0x41, 0x7f);
+}