diff --git a/sys/arch/evbsh3/evbsh3/locore.S b/sys/arch/evbsh3/evbsh3/locore.S
index 5209e1e7c0be..7aa0e12a1d73 100644
--- a/sys/arch/evbsh3/evbsh3/locore.S
+++ b/sys/arch/evbsh3/evbsh3/locore.S
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: locore.S,v 1.12 2020/07/12 01:52:22 uwe Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: locore.S,v 1.13 2020/07/12 03:52:51 uwe Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <sh3/asm.h>
+#include <sh3/psl.h>
 #include <sh3/exception.h>
 #include <sh3/locore.h>
 #include <sh3/mmu_sh3.h>
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ ALTENTRY(kernel_text)
 	bra	start1
 	nop
 	.align	2
-SR_init:	.long	0x500000F0
+SR_init:	.long	PSL_MD | PSL_BL | PSL_IMASK
 REG_SYMBOL(MMUCR)
 start1:
 
@@ -230,8 +231,8 @@ XLinitSH3:	.long	_C_LABEL(initSH3)
 XLmain:		.long	_C_LABEL(main)
 XLtoP2:		.long	0x20000000
 REG_SYMBOL(CCR)
-#ifdef SH4
-XL_CCRVAL:	.long	0x0909 /* Operand cache ON */
+#ifdef SH4	/* invalidate and enable instruction and operand caches */
+XL_CCRVAL:	.long	SH4_CCR_ICI | SH4_CCR_ICE | SH4_CCR_OCI | SH4_CCR_OCE
 #endif /* SH4 */
 
 load_and_reset: