diff --git a/src/mame/audio/taito_en.c b/src/mame/audio/taito_en.c
index e2cd99e374e..afc4b2d8739 100644
--- a/src/mame/audio/taito_en.c
+++ b/src/mame/audio/taito_en.c
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ void taito_f3_soundsystem_reset(running_machine *machine)
 	sound_ram[2]=ROM[0x80002];
 	sound_ram[3]=ROM[0x80003];
 
+	/* reset CPU to catch any banking of startup vectors */
+	cpu_reset(cputag_get_cpu(machine, "audio"));
 	//cpu_set_input_line(Machine->cpu[1], INPUT_LINE_RESET, ASSERT_LINE);
 }