The present invention relates to motor control at the time of reversal of direction of feed axes of a machine tool using a servomotor. The present invention includes a disturbance torque estimating unit for estimating a disturbance torque and estimating a frictional torque. The value in a speed loop integrator is divided into a frictional torque component and an acceleration torque component. An integrator target value for the time of reversal of motor rotation is obtained in accordance with the acceleration torque component and a value obtained by inverting the sign of the frictional torque component. Backlash acceleration correction is effected using a value obtained by applying a certain offset to a speed command so that the integrator target value is reached, as a backlash acceleration value. In estimating the frictional torque, a ratio of torque constant to inertia is estimated automatically, and the frictional torque is estimated by using this ratio. Since proper backlash acceleration correction can be effected, quadrant projections are minimized.