diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 26d45e5b636b7fcfcf4501a78347e0192a5f9429..ba9fc213f344fcbf6878df957e33226cbb9089fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1177,6 +1177,21 @@ config ARM_ERRATA_743622
 	  visible impact on the overall performance or power consumption of the
 	  processor.
 
+config ARM_ERRATA_753970
+	bool "ARM errata: cache sync operation may be faulty"
+	depends on CACHE_PL310
+	help
+	  This option enables the workaround for the 753970 PL310 (r3p0) erratum.
+
+	  Under some condition the effect of cache sync operation on
+	  the store buffer still remains when the operation completes.
+	  This means that the store buffer is always asked to drain and
+	  this prevents it from merging any further writes. The workaround
+	  is to replace the normal offset of cache sync operation (0x730)
+	  by another offset targeting an unmapped PL310 register 0x740.
+	  This has the same effect as the cache sync operation: store buffer
+	  drain and waiting for all buffers empty.
+
 endmenu
 
 source "arch/arm/common/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/cache-l2x0.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/cache-l2x0.h
index 5aeec1e1735c2bb1cbd584e7513c5852391e79fe..16bd48031583da44b7c0f25c68027fd787dc3fe1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/cache-l2x0.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/hardware/cache-l2x0.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #define L2X0_RAW_INTR_STAT		0x21C
 #define L2X0_INTR_CLEAR			0x220
 #define L2X0_CACHE_SYNC			0x730
+#define L2X0_DUMMY_REG			0x740
 #define L2X0_INV_LINE_PA		0x770
 #define L2X0_INV_WAY			0x77C
 #define L2X0_CLEAN_LINE_PA		0x7B0
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
index 170c9bb958666afc587e6b94c6e424f43b939a88..f2ce38e085d2198c28f496115e5f6a5cfaec87d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@ static inline void cache_wait(void __iomem *reg, unsigned long mask)
 static inline void cache_sync(void)
 {
 	void __iomem *base = l2x0_base;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_753970
+	/* write to an unmmapped register */
+	writel_relaxed(0, base + L2X0_DUMMY_REG);
+#else
 	writel_relaxed(0, base + L2X0_CACHE_SYNC);
+#endif
 	cache_wait(base + L2X0_CACHE_SYNC, 1);
 }