diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt
index 8f8d97f65d73..7193505a98ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt
@@ -156,3 +156,13 @@ accesses to DMA buffers in both privileged "supervisor" and unprivileged
 subsystem that the buffer is fully accessible at the elevated privilege
 level (and ideally inaccessible or at least read-only at the
 lesser-privileged levels).
+
+DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED
+-------------------
+
+Some advanced peripherals such as remote processors and GPUs perform
+accesses to DMA buffers in both privileged "supervisor" and unprivileged
+"user" modes.  This attribute is used to indicate to the DMA-mapping
+subsystem that the buffer is fully accessible at the elevated privilege
+level (and ideally inaccessible or at least read-only at the
+lesser-privileged levels).
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index 4d450672b7d6..da90f20e11c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@
  */
 #define DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED		(1UL << 9)
 
+/*
+ * This is a hint to the DMA-mapping subsystem that the device is expected
+ * to overwrite the entire mapped size, thus the caller does not require any
+ * of the previous buffer contents to be preserved. This allows
+ * bounce-buffering implementations to optimise DMA_FROM_DEVICE transfers.
+ */
+#define DMA_ATTR_OVERWRITE		(1UL << 10)
+
 /*
  * A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA or bus address for the platform.
  * It can be given to a device to use as a DMA source or target.  A CPU cannot
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index f99b79d7e123..f17b771856d1 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -572,7 +572,8 @@ found:
 	for (i = 0; i < nslots; i++)
 		io_tlb_orig_addr[index+i] = orig_addr + (i << IO_TLB_SHIFT);
 	if (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC) &&
-	    (dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE || dir == DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL))
+	    (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_OVERWRITE) || dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE ||
+	    dir == DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL))
 		swiotlb_bounce(orig_addr, tlb_addr, mapping_size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
 	return tlb_addr;