A semiconductor memory device, in which a cell plate potential does not fluctuate even when the device state is changed from a state without stored charge in all charge storage nodes of the cell capacitors at power-on to an access operation state, comprises NMOS transistors M1 to Mk for connecting a line VPR as a feeder for a reference voltage VPR from a reference voltage generation circuit with a line VCP as a feeder for a reference voltage VCP from the reference voltage generation circuit in each of cell blocks B1 to Bk. Gate terminals of the NMOS transistors M1 to Mk are connected to a common signal φCPR. The signal φCPR outputs a positive logical level at a predetermined time after power-on. By providing the NMOS transistors M1 to Mk for short-circuiting the line VPR with the line VCP in each of the cell blocks B1 to Bk, both lines are short-circuited in each of the cell blocks B1 to Bk.