diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h
index f05bdb4b1cb9..ff4049155c84 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/io.h
@@ -297,7 +297,9 @@ static inline void __iomem * ioremap_nocache(unsigned long offset,
 					     unsigned long size)
 {
 	return ioremap(offset, size);
-} 
+}
+
+#define ioremap_uc ioremap_nocache
 
 static inline void iounmap(volatile void __iomem *addr)
 {