diff --git a/cpu/nrf52/periph/pm.c b/cpu/nrf52/periph/pm.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8416e349ee..0000000000
--- a/cpu/nrf52/periph/pm.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- *               2016 Freie Universität Berlin
- *
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
- * directory for more details.
- */
-
-/**
- * @ingroup     cpu_nrf52
- * @{
- *
- * @file
- * @brief       Implementation of the kernels power management interface
- *
- * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
- *
- * @}
- */
-
-#include "periph/pm.h"
-#include "cpu.h"
-
-void pm_off(void)
-{
-    NRF_POWER->SYSTEMOFF = 1;
-}
diff --git a/cpu/nrf51/periph/pm.c b/cpu/nrf5x_common/periph/pm.c
similarity index 55%
rename from cpu/nrf51/periph/pm.c
rename to cpu/nrf5x_common/periph/pm.c
index 1979c53e35..f4c1f8a0af 100644
--- a/cpu/nrf51/periph/pm.c
+++ b/cpu/nrf5x_common/periph/pm.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2017 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
- *               2014 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *               2014-2017 Freie Universität Berlin
  *
  * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
  * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @ingroup     cpu_nrf51
+ * @ingroup     cpu_nrf5x_common
  * @{
  *
  * @file
- * @brief       Implementation of the kernels power management interface
+ * @brief       NRF5x specific power management implementations
  *
  * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
  * @author      Hauke Petersen <hauke.petersen@fu-berlin.de>
@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@
  * @}
  */
 
-#include "periph/pm.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 
 void pm_off(void)
 {
+#ifdef CPU_FAM_NRF51
     NRF_POWER->RAMON = 0;
+#else
+    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+        NRF_POWER->RAM[i].POWERCLR = (POWER_RAM_POWERCLR_S1RETENTION_Msk |
+                                      POWER_RAM_POWERCLR_S0RETENTION_Msk);
+    }
+#endif
     NRF_POWER->SYSTEMOFF = 1;
+    while(1) {}
 }