Abstract: Reversible hydraulic motors driven by fluid from variable displacement pumps are useful in driving various mechanisms of earthmoving machines. The subject pilot control circuit includes a pilot operated valve in each of a pair of signal passages which communicate a pilot signal from a control valve to a pump displacement control. The pilot operated valve in one of the signal passages is shifted to a position blocking fluid flow therethrough by the pilot signal in the other signal passage. An accumulator means stores a portion of the pilot signal from the other signal passage and causes the pilot operated valve in the one signal passage to remain in the blocking position for a predetermined time after the pilot signal is vented from the other signal passage.