diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c b/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
index 8b86c616823922d7ade6eaa3c63094f6c2bdbc91..7ae4c55c935a715b8135e55daa823b4005802d76 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ static void *mips_dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	*dma_handle = plat_map_dma_mem(dev, ret, size);
 	if (!plat_device_is_coherent(dev)) {
 		dma_cache_wback_inv((unsigned long) ret, size);
-		if (!hw_coherentio)
-			ret = UNCAC_ADDR(ret);
+		ret = UNCAC_ADDR(ret);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ static void mips_dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr,
 
 	plat_unmap_dma_mem(dev, dma_handle, size, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 
-	if (!plat_device_is_coherent(dev) && !hw_coherentio)
+	if (!plat_device_is_coherent(dev))
 		addr = CAC_ADDR(addr);
 
 	page = virt_to_page((void *) addr);
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ static int mips_dma_mmap(struct device *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	unsigned long pfn;
 	int ret = -ENXIO;
 
-	if (!plat_device_is_coherent(dev) && !hw_coherentio)
+	if (!plat_device_is_coherent(dev))
 		addr = CAC_ADDR(addr);
 
 	pfn = page_to_pfn(virt_to_page((void *)addr));