diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index e81bcd271be7..0a2fcd2a8c32 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ config ARC
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT_OPS
+	select DMA_DIRECT_OPS
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT_MMAP
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !ISA_ARCV2 || !(ARC_HAS_LL64 && ARC_HAS_LLSC)
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
diff --git a/arch/arc/boot/dts/hsdk.dts b/arch/arc/boot/dts/hsdk.dts
index 006aa3de5348..ebb686c21393 100644
--- a/arch/arc/boot/dts/hsdk.dts
+++ b/arch/arc/boot/dts/hsdk.dts
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
 			phy-handle = <&phy0>;
 			resets = <&cgu_rst HSDK_ETH_RESET>;
 			reset-names = "stmmaceth";
+			dma-coherent;
 
 			mdio {
 				#address-cells = <1>;
@@ -194,12 +195,14 @@
 			compatible = "snps,hsdk-v1.0-ohci", "generic-ohci";
 			reg = <0x60000 0x100>;
 			interrupts = <15>;
+			dma-coherent;
 		};
 
 		ehci@40000 {
 			compatible = "snps,hsdk-v1.0-ehci", "generic-ehci";
 			reg = <0x40000 0x100>;
 			interrupts = <15>;
+			dma-coherent;
 		};
 
 		mmc@a000 {
@@ -212,6 +215,7 @@
 			clock-names = "biu", "ciu";
 			interrupts = <12>;
 			bus-width = <4>;
+			dma-coherent;
 		};
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c946c0a83e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier:  GPL-2.0
+// (C) 2018 Synopsys, Inc. (www.synopsys.com)
+
+#ifndef ASM_ARC_DMA_MAPPING_H
+#define ASM_ARC_DMA_MAPPING_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/dma-mapping.h>
+
+void arch_setup_dma_ops(struct device *dev, u64 dma_base, u64 size,
+			const struct iommu_ops *iommu, bool coherent);
+#define arch_setup_dma_ops arch_setup_dma_ops
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/cache.c b/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
index 9dbe645ee127..6d3234854461 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ char *arc_cache_mumbojumbo(int c, char *buf, int len)
 
 	n += scnprintf(buf + n, len - n, "Peripherals\t: %#lx%s%s\n",
 		       perip_base,
-		       IS_AVAIL3(ioc_exists, ioc_enable, ", IO-Coherency "));
+		       IS_AVAIL3(ioc_exists, ioc_enable, ", per device IO-Coherency "));
 
 	return buf;
 }
@@ -896,15 +896,6 @@ static void __dma_cache_wback_slc(phys_addr_t start, unsigned long sz)
 	slc_op(start, sz, OP_FLUSH);
 }
 
-/*
- * DMA ops for systems with IOC
- * IOC hardware snoops all DMA traffic keeping the caches consistent with
- * memory - eliding need for any explicit cache maintenance of DMA buffers
- */
-static void __dma_cache_wback_inv_ioc(phys_addr_t start, unsigned long sz) {}
-static void __dma_cache_inv_ioc(phys_addr_t start, unsigned long sz) {}
-static void __dma_cache_wback_ioc(phys_addr_t start, unsigned long sz) {}
-
 /*
  * Exported DMA API
  */
@@ -1152,6 +1143,9 @@ noinline void __init arc_ioc_setup(void)
 {
 	unsigned int ioc_base, mem_sz;
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIGHMEM))
+		panic("IOC and HIGHMEM can't be used simultaneously");
+
 	/* Flush + invalidate + disable L1 dcache */
 	__dc_disable();
 
@@ -1253,11 +1247,7 @@ void __init arc_cache_init_master(void)
 	if (is_isa_arcv2() && ioc_enable)
 		arc_ioc_setup();
 
-	if (is_isa_arcv2() && ioc_enable) {
-		__dma_cache_wback_inv = __dma_cache_wback_inv_ioc;
-		__dma_cache_inv = __dma_cache_inv_ioc;
-		__dma_cache_wback = __dma_cache_wback_ioc;
-	} else if (is_isa_arcv2() && l2_line_sz && slc_enable) {
+	if (is_isa_arcv2() && l2_line_sz && slc_enable) {
 		__dma_cache_wback_inv = __dma_cache_wback_inv_slc;
 		__dma_cache_inv = __dma_cache_inv_slc;
 		__dma_cache_wback = __dma_cache_wback_slc;
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/dma.c b/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
index 8c1071840979..fbcb3428a7ab 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/dma-noncoherent.h>
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 
 void *arch_dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
 		gfp_t gfp, unsigned long attrs)
@@ -33,19 +34,7 @@ void *arch_dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/*
-	 * IOC relies on all data (even coherent DMA data) being in cache
-	 * Thus allocate normal cached memory
-	 *
-	 * The gains with IOC are two pronged:
-	 *   -For streaming data, elides need for cache maintenance, saving
-	 *    cycles in flush code, and bus bandwidth as all the lines of a
-	 *    buffer need to be flushed out to memory
-	 *   -For coherent data, Read/Write to buffers terminate early in cache
-	 *   (vs. always going to memory - thus are faster)
-	 */
-	if ((is_isa_arcv2() && ioc_enable) ||
-	    (attrs & DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT))
+	if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT)
 		need_coh = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -140,3 +129,20 @@ void arch_sync_dma_for_cpu(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t paddr,
 {
 	dma_cache_inv(paddr, size);
 }
+
+void arch_setup_dma_ops(struct device *dev, u64 dma_base, u64 size,
+			const struct iommu_ops *iommu, bool coherent)
+{
+	/*
+	 * IOC hardware snoops all DMA traffic keeping the caches consistent
+	 * with memory - eliding need for any explicit cache maintenance of
+	 * DMA buffers - so we can use dma_direct cache ops.
+	 */
+	if (is_isa_arcv2() && ioc_enable && coherent) {
+		set_dma_ops(dev, &dma_direct_ops);
+		dev_info(dev, "use dma_direct_ops cache ops\n");
+	} else {
+		set_dma_ops(dev, &dma_noncoherent_ops);
+		dev_info(dev, "use dma_noncoherent_ops cache ops\n");
+	}
+}
