diff --git a/src/mainboard/lenovo/t400/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/lenovo/t400/romstage.c
index 821b87f52a..d110d4fc44 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/lenovo/t400/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/lenovo/t400/romstage.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <cbmem.h>
 #include <lib.h>
 #include <pc80/mc146818rtc.h>
+#include <romstage_handoff.h>
 #include <console/console.h>
 #include <southbridge/intel/i82801ix/i82801ix.h>
 #include <northbridge/intel/gm45/gm45.h>
@@ -156,18 +157,8 @@ void mainboard_romstage_entry(unsigned long bist)
 	outl(inl(DEFAULT_GPIOBASE + 0x38) & ~0x400, DEFAULT_GPIOBASE + 0x38);
 
 	cbmem_initted = !cbmem_recovery(s3resume);
-#if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
-	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
-	 * this is not a resume. In that case we just create the cbmem toc.
-	 */
-	if (s3resume && cbmem_initted) {
 
-		/* Magic for S3 resume */
-		pci_write_config32(PCI_DEV(0, 0, 0), D0F0_SKPD, SKPAD_ACPI_S3_MAGIC);
-	} else {
-		/* Magic for S3 resume */
-		pci_write_config32(PCI_DEV(0, 0, 0), D0F0_SKPD, SKPAD_NORMAL_BOOT_MAGIC);
-	}
-#endif
+	romstage_handoff_init(cbmem_initted && s3resume);
+
 	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "exit main()\n");
 }
diff --git a/src/mainboard/lenovo/x200/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/lenovo/x200/romstage.c
index 8c97ae1554..49c5528277 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/lenovo/x200/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/lenovo/x200/romstage.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <cbmem.h>
 #include <lib.h>
 #include <pc80/mc146818rtc.h>
+#include <romstage_handoff.h>
 #include <console/console.h>
 #include <southbridge/intel/i82801ix/i82801ix.h>
 #include <northbridge/intel/gm45/gm45.h>
@@ -157,18 +158,8 @@ void mainboard_romstage_entry(unsigned long bist)
 	outl(inl(DEFAULT_GPIOBASE + 0x38) & ~0x400, DEFAULT_GPIOBASE + 0x38);
 
 	cbmem_initted = !cbmem_recovery(s3resume);
-#if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
-	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
-	 * this is not a resume. In that case we just create the cbmem toc.
-	 */
-	if (s3resume && cbmem_initted) {
 
-		/* Magic for S3 resume */
-		pci_write_config32(PCI_DEV(0, 0, 0), D0F0_SKPD, SKPAD_ACPI_S3_MAGIC);
-	} else {
-		/* Magic for S3 resume */
-		pci_write_config32(PCI_DEV(0, 0, 0), D0F0_SKPD, SKPAD_NORMAL_BOOT_MAGIC);
-	}
-#endif
+	romstage_handoff_init(cbmem_initted && s3resume);
+
 	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "exit main()\n");
 }
diff --git a/src/mainboard/roda/rk9/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/roda/rk9/romstage.c
index e9a6a8182d..720f628ade 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/roda/rk9/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/roda/rk9/romstage.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <cbmem.h>
 #include <lib.h>
 #include <pc80/mc146818rtc.h>
+#include <romstage_handoff.h>
 #include <console/console.h>
 #include <southbridge/intel/i82801ix/i82801ix.h>
 #include <northbridge/intel/gm45/gm45.h>
@@ -187,18 +188,8 @@ void mainboard_romstage_entry(unsigned long bist)
 	init_iommu();
 
 	cbmem_initted = !cbmem_recovery(s3resume);
-#if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
-	/* If there is no high memory area, we didn't boot before, so
-	 * this is not a resume. In that case we just create the cbmem toc.
-	 */
-	if (s3resume && cbmem_initted) {
 
-		/* Magic for S3 resume */
-		pci_write_config32(PCI_DEV(0, 0, 0), D0F0_SKPD, SKPAD_ACPI_S3_MAGIC);
-	} else {
-		/* Magic for S3 resume */
-		pci_write_config32(PCI_DEV(0, 0, 0), D0F0_SKPD, SKPAD_NORMAL_BOOT_MAGIC);
-	}
-#endif
+	romstage_handoff_init(cbmem_initted && s3resume);
+
 	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "exit main()\n");
 }
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/northbridge.c b/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/northbridge.c
index aaa6749a89..af62f12ad0 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/northbridge.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/northbridge.c
@@ -216,28 +216,11 @@ static struct device_operations cpu_bus_ops = {
 	.scan_bus         = 0,
 };
 
-
 static void enable_dev(device_t dev)
 {
 	/* Set the operations if it is a special bus type */
 	if (dev->path.type == DEVICE_PATH_DOMAIN) {
 		dev->ops = &pci_domain_ops;
-#if CONFIG_HAVE_ACPI_RESUME
-		switch (pci_read_config32(dev_find_slot(0, PCI_DEVFN(0, 0)), /*D0F0_SKPD*/0xdc)) {
-		case SKPAD_NORMAL_BOOT_MAGIC:
-			printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Normal boot.\n");
-			acpi_slp_type = 0;
-			break;
-		case SKPAD_ACPI_S3_MAGIC:
-			printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "S3 Resume.\n");
-			acpi_slp_type = 3;
-			break;
-		default:
-			printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Unknown boot method, assuming normal.\n");
-			acpi_slp_type = 0;
-			break;
-		}
-#endif
 	} else if (dev->path.type == DEVICE_PATH_CPU_CLUSTER) {
 		dev->ops = &cpu_bus_ops;
 	}
diff --git a/src/southbridge/intel/i82801ix/i82801ix.h b/src/southbridge/intel/i82801ix/i82801ix.h
index afe4aa7064..af4efcdb30 100644
--- a/src/southbridge/intel/i82801ix/i82801ix.h
+++ b/src/southbridge/intel/i82801ix/i82801ix.h
@@ -218,10 +218,6 @@
 #define FD_SAD1		(1 <<  2) /* SATA #1 */
 
 
-#define SKPAD_ACPI_S3_MAGIC	0xcafed00d
-#define SKPAD_NORMAL_BOOT_MAGIC	0xcafebabe
-
-
 #ifndef __ACPI__
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
 
diff --git a/src/southbridge/intel/i82801ix/smi.c b/src/southbridge/intel/i82801ix/smi.c
index 421746df7e..a6c28cbbc2 100644
--- a/src/southbridge/intel/i82801ix/smi.c
+++ b/src/southbridge/intel/i82801ix/smi.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <device/pci.h>
 #include <console/console.h>
 #include <arch/io.h>
+#include <arch/acpi.h>
 #include <cpu/cpu.h>
 #include <cpu/x86/cache.h>
 #include <cpu/x86/smm.h>
@@ -312,16 +313,6 @@ static void smm_relocate(void)
 
 static int smm_handler_copied = 0;
 
-static int is_wakeup(void)
-{
-	device_t dev0 = dev_find_slot(0, PCI_DEVFN(0,0));
-
-	if (!dev0)
-		return 0;
-
-	return pci_read_config32(dev0, 0xdc) == SKPAD_ACPI_S3_MAGIC;
-}
-
 static void smm_install(void)
 {
 	/* The first CPU running this gets to copy the SMM handler. But not all
@@ -335,7 +326,7 @@ static void smm_install(void)
 	/* if we're resuming from S3, the SMM code is already in place,
 	 * so don't copy it again to keep the current SMM state */
 
-	if (!is_wakeup()) {
+	if (!acpi_is_wakeup_s3()) {
 		/* enable the SMM memory window */
 		pci_write_config8(dev_find_slot(0, PCI_DEVFN(0, 0)), SMRAM,
 					D_OPEN | G_SMRAME | C_BASE_SEG);