diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/init.c b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/init.c
index ad9dfff9427cc52f275768f3dace1ec452229d2e..89b4b76c0d763d58f6c77229ddc8963fbc8d5508 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/init.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/cpu/init.c
@@ -75,16 +75,11 @@ static void __init expmask_init(void)
 	/*
 	 * Future proofing.
 	 *
-	 * Disable support for slottable sleep instruction
-	 * and non-nop instructions in the rte delay slot.
+	 * Disable support for slottable sleep instruction, non-nop
+	 * instructions in the rte delay slot, and associative writes to
+	 * the memory-mapped cache array.
 	 */
-	expmask &= ~(EXPMASK_RTEDS | EXPMASK_BRDSSLP);
-
-	/*
-	 * Enable associative writes to the memory-mapped cache array
-	 * until the cache flush ops have been rewritten.
-	 */
-	expmask |= EXPMASK_MMCAW;
+	expmask &= ~(EXPMASK_RTEDS | EXPMASK_BRDSSLP | EXPMASK_MMCAW);
 
 	__raw_writel(expmask, EXPMASK);
 	ctrl_barrier();