diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index d20e627600..f3440f2ccb 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ static FWCfgState *create_fw_cfg(const VirtMachineState *vms, AddressSpace *as)
                             "compatible", "qemu,fw-cfg-mmio");
     qemu_fdt_setprop_sized_cells(vms->fdt, nodename, "reg",
                                  2, base, 2, size);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop(vms->fdt, nodename, "dma-coherent", NULL, 0);
     g_free(nodename);
     return fw_cfg;
 }