diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index e324c4064ab..3f5ef8543b4 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -383,9 +383,7 @@ config ARC_EXCEPTION_STACK_SIZE
 endmenu
 
 config ARC_EARLY_SOC_INIT
-	bool "Make early stage SoC-specific initialization [DEPRECATED]"
-	select SOC_RESET_HOOK
-	select DEPRECATED
+	bool "Make early stage SoC-specific initialization"
 	help
 	  Call SoC per-core setup code on early stage initialization
 	  (before C runtime initialization). Setup code is called in form of
diff --git a/arch/arc/core/reset.S b/arch/arc/core/reset.S
index 63fa6438ce4..a2b038d387e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/core/reset.S
+++ b/arch/arc/core/reset.S
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
 #include <zephyr/arch/cpu.h>
 #include <swap_macros.h>
 #include <zephyr/arch/arc/asm-compat/assembler.h>
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_RESET_HOOK)
-GTEXT(soc_reset_hook)
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_EARLY_SOC_INIT
+  #include <soc_ctrl.h>
 #endif
 
 GDATA(z_interrupt_stacks)
@@ -113,8 +112,8 @@ done_icache_invalidate:
 
 done_dcache_invalidate:
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOC_RESET_HOOK
-	bl soc_reset_hook
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_EARLY_SOC_INIT
+	soc_early_asm_init_percpu
 #endif
 
 	_dsp_extension_probe
diff --git a/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/CMakeLists.txt b/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/CMakeLists.txt
index d29cb7e2e50..e1765fe1136 100644
--- a/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 zephyr_include_directories(.)
-zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_SOC_RESET_HOOK soc_ctrl.S)
 
 set(SOC_LINKER_SCRIPT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/linker.ld CACHE INTERNAL "")
diff --git a/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/Kconfig.defconfig b/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/Kconfig.defconfig
index 4adafa9b043..a47f25d09d0 100644
--- a/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ b/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/Kconfig.defconfig
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ config UART_NS16550_ACCESS_WORD_ONLY
 config ARC_HAS_ACCL_REGS
 	default y
 
-config SOC_RESET_HOOK
+config ARC_EARLY_SOC_INIT
 	default y
 
 config ARC_HAS_STACK_CHECKING
diff --git a/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/soc_ctrl.S b/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/soc_ctrl.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 0973b166564..00000000000
--- a/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/soc_ctrl.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2023 Synopsys, Inc. All rights reserved.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-#include <zephyr/toolchain.h>
-#include <zephyr/linker/sections.h>
-#include <zephyr/arch/cpu.h>
-
-GTEXT(soc_reset_hook)
-SECTION_FUNC(TEXT, soc_reset_hook)
-	mov  r0, 1	/* disable LPB for HS4XD */
-	sr   r0, [_ARC_V2_LPB_CTRL]
diff --git a/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/soc_ctrl.h b/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/soc_ctrl.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93d50d3eb20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soc/snps/hsdk4xd/soc_ctrl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Synopsys, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ARC_HSDK4XD_SOC_CTRL_H_
+#define _ARC_HSDK4XD_SOC_CTRL_H_
+
+#ifdef _ASMLANGUAGE
+.macro soc_early_asm_init_percpu
+	mov  r0, 1	/* disable LPB for HS4XD */
+	sr   r0, [_ARC_V2_LPB_CTRL]
+.endm
+#endif /* _ASMLANGUAGE */
+
+#endif /* _ARC_HSDK4XD_SOC_CTRL_H_ */