diff --git a/qiboot/include/qi.h b/qiboot/include/qi.h
index 3429e9b..1db3248 100644
--- a/qiboot/include/qi.h
+++ b/qiboot/include/qi.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct board_api {
 	int (*is_this_board)(void);
 	void (*port_init)(void);
 	void (*putc)(char);
+	void (*close)(void);
 	struct kernel_source kernel_source[8];
 };
 
diff --git a/qiboot/src/gta02/gta02.c b/qiboot/src/gta02/gta02.c
index dd586d1..5b569fe 100644
--- a/qiboot/src/gta02/gta02.c
+++ b/qiboot/src/gta02/gta02.c
@@ -324,6 +324,21 @@ static void putc_gta02(char c)
 	serial_putc_s3c24xx(GTA02_DEBUG_UART, c);
 }
 
+static void close_gta02(void)
+{
+	/* clear any pending timeouts by reading interrupts */
+
+	i2c_read_sync(&bb_s3c24xx, PCF50633_I2C_ADS, PCF50633_REG_INT1);
+	i2c_read_sync(&bb_s3c24xx, PCF50633_I2C_ADS, PCF50633_REG_INT2);
+	i2c_read_sync(&bb_s3c24xx, PCF50633_I2C_ADS, PCF50633_REG_INT3);
+	i2c_read_sync(&bb_s3c24xx, PCF50633_I2C_ADS, PCF50633_REG_INT4);
+	i2c_read_sync(&bb_s3c24xx, PCF50633_I2C_ADS, PCF50633_REG_INT5);
+
+	/* set I2C GPIO back to peripheral unit */
+
+	(bb_s3c24xx.close)();
+}
+
 /*
  * our API for bootloader on this machine
  */
@@ -338,6 +353,7 @@ const struct board_api board_api_gta02 = {
 	.is_this_board = is_this_board_gta02,
 	.port_init = port_init_gta02,
 	.putc = putc_gta02,
+	.close = close_gta02,
 	/* these are the ways we could boot GTA02 in order to try */
 	.kernel_source = {
 		[0] = {
diff --git a/qiboot/src/phase2.c b/qiboot/src/phase2.c
index c3f4e44..8284541 100644
--- a/qiboot/src/phase2.c
+++ b/qiboot/src/phase2.c
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ void bootloader_second_phase(void)
 		params->hdr.tag = ATAG_NONE;
 		params->hdr.size = 0;
 
+		/* give board implementation a chance to shut down
+		 * anything it may have going on, leave GPIO set for Linux
+		 */
+		if (this_board->close)
+			(this_board->close)();
+
 		puts ("Starting --->\n\n");
 
 		/*