diff --git a/hw/leon3.c b/hw/leon3.c
index 69d8f3b655..919f49fc1c 100644
--- a/hw/leon3.c
+++ b/hw/leon3.c
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ static void main_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
     env->npc    = s->entry + 4;
 }
 
-static void leon3_irq_ack(void *irq_manager, int intno)
+void leon3_irq_ack(void *irq_manager, int intno)
 {
     grlib_irqmp_ack((DeviceState *)irq_manager, intno);
-    leon3_cache_control_int();
 }
 
 static void leon3_set_pil_in(void *opaque, uint32_t pil_in)
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ static void leon3_generic_hw_init(ram_addr_t  ram_size,
     /* Allocate IRQ manager */
     grlib_irqmp_create(0x80000200, env, &cpu_irqs, MAX_PILS, &leon3_set_pil_in);
 
-    env->qemu_irq_ack = leon3_irq_ack;
+    env->qemu_irq_ack = leon3_irq_manager;
 
     /* Allocate RAM */
     if ((uint64_t)ram_size > (1UL << 30)) {
diff --git a/target-sparc/cpu.h b/target-sparc/cpu.h
index 6f5990b130..320530ec9f 100644
--- a/target-sparc/cpu.h
+++ b/target-sparc/cpu.h
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ typedef struct sparc_def_t {
 #define CPU_FEATURE_GL           (1 << 13)
 #define CPU_FEATURE_TA0_SHUTDOWN (1 << 14) /* Shutdown on "ta 0x0" */
 #define CPU_FEATURE_ASR17        (1 << 15)
+#define CPU_FEATURE_CACHE_CTRL   (1 << 16)
+
 #ifndef TARGET_SPARC64
 #define CPU_DEFAULT_FEATURES (CPU_FEATURE_FLOAT | CPU_FEATURE_SWAP |  \
                               CPU_FEATURE_MUL | CPU_FEATURE_DIV |     \
@@ -476,12 +478,14 @@ void cpu_put_cwp64(CPUState *env1, int cwp);
 int cpu_cwp_inc(CPUState *env1, int cwp);
 int cpu_cwp_dec(CPUState *env1, int cwp);
 void cpu_set_cwp(CPUState *env1, int new_cwp);
-
-void leon3_cache_control_int(void);
+void leon3_irq_manager(void *irq_manager, int intno);
 
 /* sun4m.c, sun4u.c */
 void cpu_check_irqs(CPUSPARCState *env);
 
+/* leon3.c */
+void leon3_irq_ack(void *irq_manager, int intno);
+
 #if defined (TARGET_SPARC64)
 
 static inline int compare_masked(uint64_t x, uint64_t y, uint64_t mask)
diff --git a/target-sparc/helper.c b/target-sparc/helper.c
index 2f3d1e61f3..b2d4d70a11 100644
--- a/target-sparc/helper.c
+++ b/target-sparc/helper.c
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ static const sparc_def_t sparc_defs[] = {
         .mmu_trcr_mask = 0xffffffff,
         .nwindows = 8,
         .features = CPU_DEFAULT_FEATURES | CPU_FEATURE_TA0_SHUTDOWN |
-        CPU_FEATURE_ASR17,
+        CPU_FEATURE_ASR17 | CPU_FEATURE_CACHE_CTRL,
     },
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/target-sparc/op_helper.c b/target-sparc/op_helper.c
index d3e1b63539..854f168c60 100644
--- a/target-sparc/op_helper.c
+++ b/target-sparc/op_helper.c
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ static void dump_asi(const char *txt, target_ulong addr, int asi, int size,
 
 /* Leon3 cache control */
 
-void leon3_cache_control_int(void)
+static void leon3_cache_control_int(void)
 {
     uint32_t state = 0;
 
@@ -1741,11 +1741,17 @@ static uint64_t leon3_cache_control_ld(target_ulong addr, int size)
         DPRINTF_CACHE_CONTROL("read unknown register %08x\n", addr);
         break;
     };
-    DPRINTF_CACHE_CONTROL("st addr:%08x, ret:%" PRIx64 ", size:%d\n",
+    DPRINTF_CACHE_CONTROL("ld addr:%08x, ret:0x%" PRIx64 ", size:%d\n",
                           addr, ret, size);
     return ret;
 }
 
+void leon3_irq_manager(void *irq_manager, int intno)
+{
+    leon3_irq_ack(irq_manager, intno);
+    leon3_cache_control_int();
+}
+
 uint64_t helper_ld_asi(target_ulong addr, int asi, int size, int sign)
 {
     uint64_t ret = 0;
@@ -1760,7 +1766,9 @@ uint64_t helper_ld_asi(target_ulong addr, int asi, int size, int sign)
         case 0x00:          /* Leon3 Cache Control */
         case 0x08:          /* Leon3 Instruction Cache config */
         case 0x0C:          /* Leon3 Date Cache config */
-            ret = leon3_cache_control_ld(addr, size);
+            if (env->def->features & CPU_FEATURE_CACHE_CTRL) {
+                ret = leon3_cache_control_ld(addr, size);
+            }
             break;
         case 0x01c00a00: /* MXCC control register */
             if (size == 8)
@@ -1994,7 +2002,9 @@ void helper_st_asi(target_ulong addr, uint64_t val, int asi, int size)
         case 0x00:          /* Leon3 Cache Control */
         case 0x08:          /* Leon3 Instruction Cache config */
         case 0x0C:          /* Leon3 Date Cache config */
-            leon3_cache_control_st(addr, val, size);
+            if (env->def->features & CPU_FEATURE_CACHE_CTRL) {
+                leon3_cache_control_st(addr, val, size);
+            }
             break;
 
         case 0x01c00000: /* MXCC stream data register 0 */