diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S b/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
index 7b8158ae36ec..83a0b6f9960b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_END_PI(__dma_flush_area)
  *	- dir	- DMA direction
  */
 SYM_FUNC_START_PI(__dma_map_area)
+	cmp	w2, #DMA_FROM_DEVICE
+	b.eq	__dma_flush_area
 	b	__dma_clean_area
 SYM_FUNC_END_PI(__dma_map_area)