diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/dma.c b/arch/metag/kernel/dma.c
index 0db31e24c541..91968d92652b 100644
--- a/arch/metag/kernel/dma.c
+++ b/arch/metag/kernel/dma.c
@@ -484,8 +484,9 @@ static dma_addr_t metag_dma_map_page(struct device *dev, struct page *page,
 		unsigned long offset, size_t size,
 		enum dma_data_direction direction, unsigned long attrs)
 {
-	dma_sync_for_device((void *)(page_to_phys(page) + offset), size,
-			    direction);
+	if (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC))
+		dma_sync_for_device((void *)(page_to_phys(page) + offset),
+				    size, direction);
 	return page_to_phys(page) + offset;
 }
 
@@ -493,7 +494,8 @@ static void metag_dma_unmap_page(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_address,
 		size_t size, enum dma_data_direction direction,
 		unsigned long attrs)
 {
-	dma_sync_for_cpu(phys_to_virt(dma_address), size, direction);
+	if (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC))
+		dma_sync_for_cpu(phys_to_virt(dma_address), size, direction);
 }
 
 static int metag_dma_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sglist,
@@ -507,6 +509,10 @@ static int metag_dma_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sglist,
 		BUG_ON(!sg_page(sg));
 
 		sg->dma_address = sg_phys(sg);
+
+		if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC)
+			continue;
+
 		dma_sync_for_device(sg_virt(sg), sg->length, direction);
 	}
 
@@ -525,6 +531,10 @@ static void metag_dma_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sglist,
 		BUG_ON(!sg_page(sg));
 
 		sg->dma_address = sg_phys(sg);
+
+		if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC)
+			continue;
+
 		dma_sync_for_cpu(sg_virt(sg), sg->length, direction);
 	}
 }