diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c
index c6ce9a6..7dc268d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@
 #include <asm/io-unit.h>
 #include <asm/leon.h>
 
+/* This function must make sure that caches and memory are coherent after DMA
+ * On LEON systems without cache snooping it flushes the entire D-CACHE.
+ */
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPARC_LEON
-#define mmu_inval_dma_area(p, l)	/* Anton pulled it out for 2.4.0-xx */
+#define dma_make_coherent(p, l)
 #else
-static inline void mmu_inval_dma_area(void *va, unsigned long len)
+static inline void dma_make_coherent(unsigned long pa, unsigned long len)
 {
 	if (!sparc_leon3_snooping_enabled())
 		leon_flush_dcache_all();
@@ -284,7 +287,6 @@ static void *sbus_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t len,
 		printk("sbus_alloc_consistent: cannot occupy 0x%lx", len_total);
 		goto err_nova;
 	}
-	mmu_inval_dma_area((void *)va, len_total);
 
 	// XXX The mmu_map_dma_area does this for us below, see comments.
 	// sparc_mapiorange(0, virt_to_phys(va), res->start, len_total);
@@ -336,7 +338,6 @@ static void sbus_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t n, void *p,
 	release_resource(res);
 	kfree(res);
 
-	/* mmu_inval_dma_area(va, n); */ /* it's consistent, isn't it */
 	pgv = virt_to_page(p);
 	mmu_unmap_dma_area(dev, ba, n);
 
@@ -463,7 +464,6 @@ static void *pci32_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t len,
 		printk("pci_alloc_consistent: cannot occupy 0x%lx", len_total);
 		goto err_nova;
 	}
-	mmu_inval_dma_area(va, len_total);
 	sparc_mapiorange(0, virt_to_phys(va), res->start, len_total);
 
 	*pba = virt_to_phys(va); /* equals virt_to_bus (R.I.P.) for us. */
@@ -489,7 +489,6 @@ static void pci32_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t n, void *p,
 				dma_addr_t ba)
 {
 	struct resource *res;
-	void *pgp;
 
 	if ((res = _sparc_find_resource(&_sparc_dvma,
 	    (unsigned long)p)) == NULL) {
@@ -509,14 +508,12 @@ static void pci32_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t n, void *p,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	pgp = phys_to_virt(ba);	/* bus_to_virt actually */
-	mmu_inval_dma_area(pgp, n);
+	dma_make_coherent(ba, n);
 	sparc_unmapiorange((unsigned long)p, n);
 
 	release_resource(res);
 	kfree(res);
-
-	free_pages((unsigned long)pgp, get_order(n));
+	free_pages((unsigned long)phys_to_virt(ba), get_order(n));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -535,7 +532,7 @@ static void pci32_unmap_page(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t ba, size_t size,
 			     enum dma_data_direction dir, struct dma_attrs *attrs)
 {
 	if (dir != PCI_DMA_TODEVICE)
-		mmu_inval_dma_area(phys_to_virt(ba), PAGE_ALIGN(size));
+		dma_make_coherent(ba, PAGE_ALIGN(size));
 }
 
 /* Map a set of buffers described by scatterlist in streaming
@@ -562,8 +559,7 @@ static int pci32_map_sg(struct device *device, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 
 	/* IIep is write-through, not flushing. */
 	for_each_sg(sgl, sg, nents, n) {
-		BUG_ON(page_address(sg_page(sg)) == NULL);
-		sg->dma_address = virt_to_phys(sg_virt(sg));
+		sg->dma_address = sg_phys(sg);
 		sg->dma_length = sg->length;
 	}
 	return nents;
@@ -582,9 +578,7 @@ static void pci32_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 
 	if (dir != PCI_DMA_TODEVICE) {
 		for_each_sg(sgl, sg, nents, n) {
-			BUG_ON(page_address(sg_page(sg)) == NULL);
-			mmu_inval_dma_area(page_address(sg_page(sg)),
-					   PAGE_ALIGN(sg->length));
+			dma_make_coherent(sg_phys(sg), PAGE_ALIGN(sg->length));
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -603,8 +597,7 @@ static void pci32_sync_single_for_cpu(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t ba,
 				      size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
 	if (dir != PCI_DMA_TODEVICE) {
-		mmu_inval_dma_area(phys_to_virt(ba),
-				   PAGE_ALIGN(size));
+		dma_make_coherent(ba, PAGE_ALIGN(size));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -612,8 +605,7 @@ static void pci32_sync_single_for_device(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t ba,
 					 size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
 	if (dir != PCI_DMA_TODEVICE) {
-		mmu_inval_dma_area(phys_to_virt(ba),
-				   PAGE_ALIGN(size));
+		dma_make_coherent(ba, PAGE_ALIGN(size));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -631,9 +623,7 @@ static void pci32_sync_sg_for_cpu(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 
 	if (dir != PCI_DMA_TODEVICE) {
 		for_each_sg(sgl, sg, nents, n) {
-			BUG_ON(page_address(sg_page(sg)) == NULL);
-			mmu_inval_dma_area(page_address(sg_page(sg)),
-					   PAGE_ALIGN(sg->length));
+			dma_make_coherent(sg_phys(sg), PAGE_ALIGN(sg->length));
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -646,9 +636,7 @@ static void pci32_sync_sg_for_device(struct device *device, struct scatterlist *
 
 	if (dir != PCI_DMA_TODEVICE) {
 		for_each_sg(sgl, sg, nents, n) {
-			BUG_ON(page_address(sg_page(sg)) == NULL);
-			mmu_inval_dma_area(page_address(sg_page(sg)),
-					   PAGE_ALIGN(sg->length));
+			dma_make_coherent(sg_phys(sg), PAGE_ALIGN(sg->length));
 		}
 	}
 }
