diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 9fef5bd59a82..0552bf097245 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 	return get_dma_ops(dev)->set_dma_mask(dev, mask);
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f)	dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h)	dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 #define dma_cache_sync(dev, va, size, dir)		  ((void)0)
 
 #endif	/* _ALPHA_DMA_MAPPING_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index bc404473f1ca..0b7787167b64 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ static inline void set_dma_ops(struct device *dev, struct dma_map_ops *ops)
 	dev->archdata.dma_ops = ops;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Note that while the generic code provides dummy dma_{alloc,free}_noncoherent
+ * implementations, we don't provide a dma_cache_sync function so drivers using
+ * this API are highlighted with build warnings.
+ */
+
 #include <asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h>
 
 static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
@@ -175,21 +181,6 @@ static inline int dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 	return dma_addr == DMA_ERROR_CODE;
 }
 
-/*
- * Dummy noncoherent implementation.  We don't provide a dma_cache_sync
- * function so drivers using this API are highlighted with build warnings.
- */
-static inline void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-		dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static inline void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-		void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t handle)
-{
-}
-
 extern int dma_supported(struct device *dev, u64 mask);
 
 extern int arm_dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 dma_mask);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 5e11b3f0fe3a..178e60b80922 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -118,19 +118,5 @@ static inline void dma_mark_clean(void *addr, size_t size)
 {
 }
 
-/*
- * There is no dma_cache_sync() implementation, so just return NULL here.
- */
-static inline void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-					  dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t flags)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static inline void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-					void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t handle)
-{
-}
-
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif	/* __ASM_DMA_MAPPING_H */
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 826aa9b519b7..72465ce59453 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline int dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 {
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index c20d3caa7dad..58d2d8f1544a 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ extern int bad_dma_address;
 
 extern struct dma_map_ops *dma_ops;
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
 {
 	if (unlikely(dev == NULL))
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index d36f83cc226a..a925ff03c964 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ extern void machvec_dma_sync_single(struct device *, dma_addr_t, size_t,
 extern void machvec_dma_sync_sg(struct device *, struct scatterlist *, int,
 				enum dma_data_direction);
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 #define get_dma_ops(dev) platform_dma_get_ops(dev)
 
 #include <asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h>
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 801dbe215a8c..bc81625d486f 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ static inline int dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 	return (dma_addr == DMA_ERROR_CODE);
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 		enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index b197595134ba..709b2ba79cc3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -64,10 +64,4 @@ dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 extern void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 	       enum dma_data_direction direction);
 
-void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-			   dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag);
-
-void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-			 void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma_handle);
-
 #endif /* _ASM_DMA_MAPPING_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c b/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
index 6c0fd13fa8e8..a914dc1cb6d1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static gfp_t massage_gfp_flags(const struct device *dev, gfp_t gfp)
 	return gfp | dma_flag;
 }
 
-void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+static void *mips_dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	dma_addr_t * dma_handle, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	void *ret;
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_alloc_noncoherent);
 
 static void *mips_dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	dma_addr_t * dma_handle, gfp_t gfp, struct dma_attrs *attrs)
@@ -137,6 +136,13 @@ static void *mips_dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	unsigned int count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
+	/*
+	 * XXX: seems like the coherent and non-coherent implementations could
+	 * be consolidated.
+	 */
+	if (dma_get_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, attrs))
+		return mips_dma_alloc_noncoherent(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp);
+
 	gfp = massage_gfp_flags(dev, gfp);
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_CMA) && !(gfp & GFP_ATOMIC))
@@ -161,13 +167,12 @@ static void *mips_dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 }
 
 
-void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr,
-	dma_addr_t dma_handle)
+static void mips_dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+		void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma_handle)
 {
 	plat_unmap_dma_mem(dev, dma_handle, size, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 	free_pages((unsigned long) vaddr, get_order(size));
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_free_noncoherent);
 
 static void mips_dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr,
 	dma_addr_t dma_handle, struct dma_attrs *attrs)
@@ -176,6 +181,11 @@ static void mips_dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr,
 	unsigned int count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 
+	if (dma_get_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, attrs)) {
+		mips_dma_free_noncoherent(dev, size, vaddr, dma_handle);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	plat_unmap_dma_mem(dev, dma_handle, size, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 
 	if (!plat_device_is_coherent(dev) && !hw_coherentio)
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index a81d6f68e9c8..57722528ea4d 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -37,26 +37,6 @@ static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
 
 #include <asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h>
 
-static inline void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-					  dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t gfp)
-{
-	struct dma_attrs attrs;
-
-	dma_set_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, &attrs);
-
-	return dma_alloc_attrs(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp, &attrs);
-}
-
-static inline void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
-					 void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t dma_handle)
-{
-	struct dma_attrs attrs;
-
-	dma_set_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, &attrs);
-
-	dma_free_attrs(dev, size, cpu_addr, dma_handle, &attrs);
-}
-
 static inline int dma_supported(struct device *dev, u64 dma_mask)
 {
 	/* Support 32 bit DMA mask exclusively */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index e6ca63ac4c6c..7971b421c677 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -177,9 +177,6 @@ static inline phys_addr_t dma_to_phys(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t daddr)
 	return daddr - get_dma_offset(dev);
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 #define ARCH_HAS_DMA_MMAP_COHERENT
 
 static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index c29c9c7d81e8..b729efeb9ad8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 {
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 #include <asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h>
 
 static inline int dma_supported(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 3c78059e66ff..2c3fa2ccbe9b 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 		    enum dma_data_direction dir);
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline int dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 {
 	struct dma_map_ops *ops = get_dma_ops(dev);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index a8c678494ce7..2564edcb9728 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 
 int dma_supported(struct device *dev, u64 mask);
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 				  enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 4aba10e49310..e982dfa5d2f4 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_attrs(d, s, h, f, NULL)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_attrs(d, s, v, h, NULL)
-
 /*
  * dma_alloc_noncoherent() is #defined to return coherent memory,
  * so there's no need to do any flushing here.
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index 5294d03e59de..636e942940a0 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 dma_mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr,
 		size_t size, enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index f9b1b6cc48b6..7e47e4d6e69c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ static inline int dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 	return (dma_addr == DMA_ERROR_CODE);
 }
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_coherent(d, s, h, f)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_coherent(d, s, v, h)
-
 extern int dma_supported(struct device *hwdev, u64 mask);
 extern int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask);
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index bf24c908e5ff..0a19581375da 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
 
 #include <asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h>
 
-#define dma_alloc_noncoherent(d, s, h, f) dma_alloc_attrs(d, s, h, f, NULL)
-#define dma_free_noncoherent(d, s, v, h) dma_free_attrs(d, s, v, h, NULL)
-
 static inline int
 dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h b/include/asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h
index 56dd9ea2bc8c..ec321dd98f93 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/dma-mapping-common.h
@@ -295,4 +295,22 @@ static inline void dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	return dma_free_attrs(dev, size, cpu_addr, dma_handle, NULL);
 }
 
+static inline void *dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+		dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	DEFINE_DMA_ATTRS(attrs);
+
+	dma_set_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, &attrs);
+	return dma_alloc_attrs(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp, &attrs);
+}
+
+static inline void dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+		void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t dma_handle)
+{
+	DEFINE_DMA_ATTRS(attrs);
+
+	dma_set_attr(DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT, &attrs);
+	dma_free_attrs(dev, size, cpu_addr, dma_handle, &attrs);
+}
+
 #endif