diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/brox/variants/baseboard/brox/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/google/brox/variants/baseboard/brox/romstage.c
index 66ed99b9f4..6a03a9ae46 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/brox/variants/baseboard/brox/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/brox/variants/baseboard/brox/romstage.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <baseboard/variants.h>
 #include <cbfs.h>
 #include <ec/google/chromeec/ec.h>
+#include <intelblocks/cse.h>
 #include <security/vboot/vboot_common.h>
 #include <security/vboot/misc.h>
 #include <soc/romstage.h>
@@ -53,9 +54,14 @@ static bool check_auxfw_ver_mismatch(void)
 
 bool mainboard_expects_another_reset(void)
 {
+	/* Do not change the order of the check in this function */
 	if (vboot_recovery_mode_enabled())
 		return false;
 
+	/* If CSE is booting from RO, CSE state switch will issue a reset anyway. */
+	if (!is_cse_boot_to_rw())
+		return true;
+
 	if (!CONFIG(VBOOT) ||
 	    (vboot_is_gbb_flag_set(VB2_GBB_FLAG_DISABLE_EC_SOFTWARE_SYNC) &&
 	    vboot_is_gbb_flag_set(VB2_GBB_FLAG_DISABLE_AUXFW_SOFTWARE_SYNC)))