diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/dma.c b/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
index cd8aad8226dd5c151989e1233603d9cb42781bf8..08450a1a5b5fd06f0cc0ef74b2a7de317473f6c8 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ static dma_addr_t arc_dma_map_page(struct device *dev, struct page *page,
 		unsigned long attrs)
 {
 	phys_addr_t paddr = page_to_phys(page) + offset;
-	_dma_cache_sync(paddr, size, dir);
+
+	if (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC))
+		_dma_cache_sync(paddr, size, dir);
+
 	return plat_phys_to_dma(dev, paddr);
 }