diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/device.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/device.h
index dc662fca9230d18c6617304c281cf227890342a9..4111592f01301adfaf1b96e50397a152cfe7b625 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/device.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/device.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct dev_archdata {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU
 	struct dma_iommu_mapping	*mapping;
 #endif
+	bool dma_coherent;
 };
 
 struct omap_device;
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 85738b200023a4d09243175eb023040cd50a0527..e6e3446abdf6a176faa48b4d087490134656cfb1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -123,11 +123,18 @@ static inline unsigned long dma_max_pfn(struct device *dev)
 
 static inline int set_arch_dma_coherent_ops(struct device *dev)
 {
+	dev->archdata.dma_coherent = true;
 	set_dma_ops(dev, &arm_coherent_dma_ops);
 	return 0;
 }
 #define set_arch_dma_coherent_ops(dev)	set_arch_dma_coherent_ops(dev)
 
+/* do not use this function in a driver */
+static inline bool is_device_dma_coherent(struct device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->archdata.dma_coherent;
+}
+
 static inline dma_addr_t phys_to_dma(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t paddr)
 {
 	unsigned int offset = paddr & ~PAGE_MASK;