diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
index ab68cf1ef80f..e90b167ea848 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte) { return pte; }
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE
 #define pgprot_dmacoherent(prot) \
 	__pgprot_modify(prot, L_PTE_MT_MASK|L_PTE_EXEC, L_PTE_MT_BUFFERABLE)
+#define __HAVE_PHYS_MEM_ACCESS_PROT
+struct file;
+extern pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
+				     unsigned long size, pgprot_t vma_prot);
 #else
 #define pgprot_dmacoherent(prot) \
 	__pgprot_modify(prot, L_PTE_MT_MASK|L_PTE_EXEC, L_PTE_MT_UNCACHED)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index 6e1c4f6a2b3f..a486bd0d97dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 
 #include <asm/cputype.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
@@ -498,6 +499,19 @@ static void __init build_mem_type_table(void)
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE
+pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
+			      unsigned long size, pgprot_t vma_prot)
+{
+	if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
+		return pgprot_noncached(vma_prot);
+	else if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
+		return pgprot_writecombine(vma_prot);
+	return vma_prot;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(phys_mem_access_prot);
+#endif
+
 #define vectors_base()	(vectors_high() ? 0xffff0000 : 0)
 
 static void __init *early_alloc(unsigned long sz)