diff --git a/src/modules/systemlib/param/param.c b/src/modules/systemlib/param/param.c
index 2d773fd251..7a499ca72e 100644
--- a/src/modules/systemlib/param/param.c
+++ b/src/modules/systemlib/param/param.c
@@ -521,73 +521,15 @@ param_save_default(void)
 		return ERROR;
 	}
 
-	if (res == OK) {
-		res = param_export(fd, false);
+	res = param_export(fd, false);
 
-	        if (res != OK) {
-	            warnx("failed to write parameters to file: %s", filename);
-	        }
+	if (res != OK) {
+		warnx("failed to write parameters to file: %s", filename);
 	}
 
 	close(fd);
 
 	return res;
-
-#if 0
-	const char *filename_tmp = malloc(strlen(filename) + 5);
-	sprintf(filename_tmp, "%s.tmp", filename);
-
-	/* delete temp file if exist */
-	res = unlink(filename_tmp);
-
-	if (res != OK && errno == ENOENT)
-		res = OK;
-
-	if (res != OK)
-		warn("failed to delete temp file: %s", filename_tmp);
-
-	if (res == OK) {
-		/* write parameters to temp file */
-		fd = open(filename_tmp, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL);
-
-		if (fd < 0) {
-			warn("failed to open temp file: %s", filename_tmp);
-			res = ERROR;
-		}
-
-		if (res == OK) {
-			res = param_export(fd, false);
-
-			if (res != OK)
-				warnx("failed to write parameters to file: %s", filename_tmp);
-		}
-
-		close(fd);
-	}
-
-	if (res == OK) {
-		/* delete parameters file */
-		res = unlink(filename);
-
-		if (res != OK && errno == ENOENT)
-			res = OK;
-
-		if (res != OK)
-			warn("failed to delete parameters file: %s", filename);
-	}
-
-	if (res == OK) {
-		/* rename temp file to parameters */
-		res = rename(filename_tmp, filename);
-
-		if (res != OK)
-			warn("failed to rename %s to %s", filename_tmp, filename);
-	}
-
-	free(filename_tmp);
-
-	return res;
-#endif
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/systemcmds/param/param.c b/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
index 0cbba0a374..984d19bd9e 100644
--- a/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
+++ b/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static void	do_show(const char* search_string);
 static void	do_show_print(void *arg, param_t param);
 static void	do_set(const char* name, const char* val);
 static void	do_compare(const char* name, const char* vals[], unsigned comparisons);
+static void	do_reset();
 
 int
 param_main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -130,6 +131,10 @@ param_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				errx(1, "not enough arguments.\nTry 'param compare PARAM_NAME 3'");
 			}
 		}
+
+		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "reset")) {
+			do_reset();
+		}
 	}
 	
 	errx(1, "expected a command, try 'load', 'import', 'show', 'set', 'compare', 'select' or 'save'");
@@ -402,3 +407,16 @@ do_compare(const char* name, const char* vals[], unsigned comparisons)
 
 	exit(ret);
 }
+
+static void
+do_reset()
+{
+	param_reset_all();
+
+	if (param_save_default()) {
+		warnx("Param export failed.");
+		exit(1);
+	} else {
+		exit(0);
+	}
+}