diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
index 8016babe5c842161330324dad74c4653ba879ab4..3227a0a267f53ebc98e4dff70e48f71d7c9ed8f6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 static inline bool r4k_op_needs_ipi(unsigned int type)
 {
 	/* The MIPS Coherence Manager (CM) globalizes address-based cache ops */
-	if (mips_cm_present())
+	if (type == R4K_HIT && mips_cm_present())
 		return false;
 
 	/*