diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 9fef5bd59a8262ec95b8d0f83e661e615ceeb1f0..0552bf097245d901b050e289e2ff5961acda83b2 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 	return get_dma_ops(dev)->set_dma_mask(dev, mask);
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f)	dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h)	dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 #define dma_cache_sync(dev, va, size, dir)		  ((void)0)
 
 #endif	/* _ALPHA_DMA_MAPPING_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index bc404473f1cac8f6a9daf9a1835e861aa78bb806..0b7787167b640946aa225132112d0924f4feb08b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ static inline void set_dma_ops(struct device *dev, struct dma_map_ops *ops)
 	dev->archdata.dma_ops = ops;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Note that while the generic code provides dummy dma_{alloc,free}_noncoherent
+ * implementations, we don't provide a dma_cache_sync function so drivers using
+ * this API are highlighted with build warnings.
+ */
+
 #include <asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h>
 
 static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
@@ -175,21 +181,6 @@ static inline int dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 	return dma_addr == DMA_ERROR_CODE;
 }
 
-/*
- * Dummy noncoherent implementation.  We don't provide a dma_cache_sync
- * function so drivers using this API are highlighted with build warnings.
- */
-static inline void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-		dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static inline void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-		void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t handle)
-{
-}
-
 extern int dma_supported(struct device *dev, u64 mask);
 
 extern int arm_dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 dma_mask);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 5e11b3f0fe3a4e95325872ff95586ed49acf4e6e..178e60b8092248598d873e30f89da24ab043f27d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -118,19 +118,5 @@ static inline void dma_mark_clean(void *addr, size_t size)
 {
 }
 
-/*
- * There is no dma_cache_sync() implementation, so just return NULL here.
- */
-static inline void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-					  dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static inline void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-					void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t handle)
-{
-}
-
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif	/* __ASM_DMA_MAPPING_H */
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 826aa9b519b78a9cd9363d9d9ad2833312049403..72465ce594539c272a2e896c7a5dba784c94dfe2 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline int dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index c20d3caa7dada49f8ca7b016e6a034745acc0429..58d2d8f1544acb3a5af9d88a2eec3abffdb52b3f 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ extern int bad_dma_address;
 
 extern struct dma_map_ops *dma_ops;
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
 {
 	if (unlikely(dev == NULL))
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index d36f83cc226adec6e140856d46d9539051e57817..a925ff03c964083f152e536b70a170c45b28ff48 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ extern void machvec_dma_sync_single(struct device *, dma_addr_t, size_t,
 extern void machvec_dma_sync_sg(struct device *, struct scatterlist *, int,
 				enum dma_data_direction);
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 #define get_dma_ops(dev) platform_dma_get_ops(dev)
 
 #include <asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h>
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 801dbe215a8cb581de12941b5133bf16eeeb7ece..bc81625d486fd9827fa0caeef868ac6747c59a08 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ static inline int dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 	return (dma_addr == DMA_ERROR_CODE);
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 		enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index b197595134ba0848299717828527af3a32dedb53..709b2ba79cc33ee1e698c1113d17c6936c5ea416 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -64,10 +64,4 @@ dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 extern void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 	       enum dma_data_direction direction);
 
-void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-			   dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag);
-
-void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-			 void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma_handle);
-
 #endif /* _ASM_DMA_MAPPING_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c b/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
index 6c0fd13fa8e875a159a45cf8a6a49394bcb60dcb..a914dc1cb6d1bc339cf44cc0c5aeac887a2e5f74 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static gfp_t massage_gfp_flags(const struct device *dev, gfp_t gfp)
 	return gfp | dma_flag;
 }
 
-void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+static void *mips_dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	dma_addr_t * dma_handle, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	void *ret;
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_alloc_noncoherent);
 
 static void *mips_dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	dma_addr_t * dma_handle, gfp_t gfp, struct dma_attrs *attrs)
@@ -137,6 +136,13 @@ static void *mips_dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	unsigned int count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
+	/*
+	 * XXX: seems like the coherent and non-coherent implementations could
+	 * be consolidated.
+	 */
+	if (dma_get_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, attrs))
+		return mips_dma_alloc_noncoherent(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp);
+
 	gfp = massage_gfp_flags(dev, gfp);
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_CMA) && !(gfp & GFP_ATOMIC))
@@ -161,13 +167,12 @@ static void *mips_dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 }
 
 
-void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr,
-	dma_addr_t dma_handle)
+static void mips_dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+		void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma_handle)
 {
 	plat_unmap_dma_mem(dev, dma_handle, size, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 	free_pages((unsigned long) vaddr, get_order(size));
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_free_noncoherent);
 
 static void mips_dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr,
 	dma_addr_t dma_handle, struct dma_attrs *attrs)
@@ -176,6 +181,11 @@ static void mips_dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr,
 	unsigned int count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 
+	if (dma_get_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, attrs)) {
+		mips_dma_free_noncoherent(dev, size, vaddr, dma_handle);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	plat_unmap_dma_mem(dev, dma_handle, size, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 
 	if (!plat_device_is_coherent(dev) && !hw_coherentio)
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index a81d6f68e9c8feb59515849c52fe86aa53ef775b..57722528ea4d46b2638529f95f4721c6f37e1217 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -37,26 +37,6 @@ static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
 
 #include <asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h>
 
-static inline void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-					  dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	struct dma_attrs attrs;
-
-	dma_set_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, &attrs);
-
-	return dma_alloc_attrs(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp, &attrs);
-}
-
-static inline void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-					 void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t dma_handle)
-{
-	struct dma_attrs attrs;
-
-	dma_set_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, &attrs);
-
-	dma_free_attrs(dev, size, cpu_addr, dma_handle, &attrs);
-}
-
 static inline int dma_supported(struct device *dev, u64 dma_mask)
 {
 	/* Support 32 bit DMA mask exclusively */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index e6ca63ac4c6c87442a3133598ce50bf1cd9f3fbd..7971b421c6771d8bc7096c17175c7e327d32a6be 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -177,9 +177,6 @@ static inline phys_addr_t dma_to_phys(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t daddr)
 	return daddr - get_dma_offset(dev);
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 #define ARCH_HAS_DMA_MMAP_COHERENT
 
 static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index c29c9c7d81e83d3b24cc119866a4a3c6e8e36ac3..b729efeb9ad8bba7f06a4fd131b756b240f5de3a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 {
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 #include <asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h>
 
 static inline int dma_supported(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 3c78059e66ffb2ada51ff2ffef03b5592bfcfd4e..2c3fa2ccbe9b452721c3ac599cb8dfbaa1acc753 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 		    enum dma_data_direction dir);
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline int dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 {
 	struct dma_map_ops *ops = get_dma_ops(dev);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index a8c678494ce7d4c690409906945ad39a9d44d58c..2564edcb97280e1f1c535d673d260038e495b3a4 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 
 int dma_supported(struct device *dev, u64 mask);
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 				  enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 4aba10e49310b753ae643dd5b8bc64dae043e00b..e982dfa5d2f4b0394f389041696e5ac963852167 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_attrs(d, s, h, f, NULL)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_attrs(d, s, v, h, NULL)
-
 /*
  * dma_alloc_noncoherent() is #defined to return coherent memory,
  * so there's no need to do any flushing here.
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 5294d03e59de5bd4e0d7357f1e166be24dd478ef..636e942940a0402195d794a1c7eeb6e7347262f0 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 dma_mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr,
 		size_t size, enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index f9b1b6cc48b6eee3b4fbbb37b704c4beee0cc52c..7e47e4d6e69cd990ddc9c0d6fb074b85f429cfc2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ static inline int dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 	return (dma_addr == DMA_ERROR_CODE);
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 extern int dma_supported(struct device *hwdev, u64 mask);
 extern int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask);
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index bf24c908e5ff77edf7c5602bc09c794527e486dd..0a19581375dac2a0d382746d9349510a95baa14b 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
 
 #include <asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h>
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_attrs(d, s, h, f, NULL)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_attrs(d, s, v, h, NULL)
-
 static inline int
 dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h b/include/asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h
index 56dd9ea2bc8c8bfbd667a313fed5874df1062a40..ec321dd98f93bbc56010337831f0c2359f8059a2 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h
@@ -295,4 +295,22 @@ static inline void dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	return dma_free_attrs(dev, size, cpu_addr, dma_handle, NULL);
 }
 
+static inline void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+		dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	DEFINE_DMA_ATTRS(attrs);
+
+	dma_set_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, &attrs);
+	return dma_alloc_attrs(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp, &attrs);
+}
+
+static inline void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+		void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t dma_handle)
+{
+	DEFINE_DMA_ATTRS(attrs);
+
+	dma_set_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, &attrs);
+	dma_free_attrs(dev, size, cpu_addr, dma_handle, &attrs);
+}
+
 #endif