diff --git a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
index a7359535caf5dfad5ec0c0a95da54d59174b0159..8827c60f51e25a0cd24bfa5180fca6aa48c3cec3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ int __weak cache_setup_acpi(unsigned int cpu)
 	return -ENOTSUPP;
 }
 
+unsigned int coherency_max_size;
+
 static int cache_shared_cpu_map_setup(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpu_cacheinfo *this_cpu_ci = get_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu);
@@ -251,6 +253,9 @@ static int cache_shared_cpu_map_setup(unsigned int cpu)
 				cpumask_set_cpu(i, &this_leaf->shared_cpu_map);
 			}
 		}
+		/* record the maximum cache line size */
+		if (this_leaf->coherency_line_size > coherency_max_size)
+			coherency_max_size = this_leaf->coherency_line_size;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
index 70e19bc6cc9fc29230a1b5774112414a2f75e89d..46b92cd61d0c8252a354eeb4b2f84965e1513aaf 100644
--- a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
+++ b/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ enum cache_type {
 	CACHE_TYPE_UNIFIED = BIT(2),
 };
 
+extern unsigned int coherency_max_size;
+
 /**
  * struct cacheinfo - represent a cache leaf node
  * @id: This cache's id. It is unique among caches with the same (type, level).