diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/geode_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/geode_32.c
index e8edd63ab000..9b08e852fd1a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/geode_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/geode_32.c
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ int geode_has_vsa2(void)
 	static int has_vsa2 = -1;
 
 	if (has_vsa2 == -1) {
+		u16 val;
+
 		/*
 		 * The VSA has virtual registers that we can query for a
 		 * signature.
@@ -173,7 +175,8 @@ int geode_has_vsa2(void)
 		outw(VSA_VR_UNLOCK, VSA_VRC_INDEX);
 		outw(VSA_VR_SIGNATURE, VSA_VRC_INDEX);
 
-		has_vsa2 = (inw(VSA_VRC_DATA) == VSA_SIG);
+		val = inw(VSA_VRC_DATA);
+		has_vsa2 = (val == AMD_VSA_SIG || val == GSW_VSA_SIG);
 	}
 
 	return has_vsa2;
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/geode.h b/include/asm-x86/geode.h
index 6e6458853a36..bb06027fc83e 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/geode.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/geode.h
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ extern int geode_get_dev_base(unsigned int dev);
 #define VSA_VR_UNLOCK		0xFC53	/* unlock virtual register */
 #define VSA_VR_SIGNATURE	0x0003
 #define VSA_VR_MEM_SIZE		0x0200
-#define VSA_SIG			0x4132	/* signature is ascii 'VSA2' */
-
+#define AMD_VSA_SIG		0x4132	/* signature is ascii 'VSA2' */
+#define GSW_VSA_SIG		0x534d  /* General Software signature */
 /* GPIO */
 
 #define GPIO_OUTPUT_VAL		0x00