diff --git a/drivers/power/reset/msm-poweroff.c b/drivers/power/reset/msm-poweroff.c
index 14183807309d..b70dfb5fb6d4 100644
--- a/drivers/power/reset/msm-poweroff.c
+++ b/drivers/power/reset/msm-poweroff.c
@@ -229,14 +229,8 @@ static void msm_restart_prepare(const char *cmd)
 #endif
 
 	if (qpnp_pon_check_hard_reset_stored()) {
-		/* Set warm reset as true when device is in dload mode
-		 *  or device doesn't boot up into recovery, bootloader or rtc.
-		 */
-		if (get_dload_mode() ||
-			((cmd != NULL && cmd[0] != '\0') &&
-			strcmp(cmd, "recovery") &&
-			strcmp(cmd, "bootloader") &&
-			strcmp(cmd, "rtc")))
+		/* Set warm reset as true when device is in dload mode */
+		if (get_dload_mode())
 			need_warm_reset = true;
 	} else {
 		need_warm_reset = (get_dload_mode() ||