diff --git a/arch/avr32/mm/dma-coherent.c b/arch/avr32/mm/dma-coherent.c
index 58610d0df7ededdde8eefadefba9a3bacdce4d12..54534e5d0781bb343a5ae72f482cea4fa228d104 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/mm/dma-coherent.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/mm/dma-coherent.c
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ static dma_addr_t avr32_dma_map_page(struct device *dev, struct page *page,
 {
 	void *cpu_addr = page_address(page) + offset;
 
-	dma_cache_sync(dev, cpu_addr, size, direction);
+	if (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC))
+		dma_cache_sync(dev, cpu_addr, size, direction);
 	return virt_to_bus(cpu_addr);
 }
 
@@ -162,6 +163,10 @@ static int avr32_dma_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sglist,
 
 		sg->dma_address = page_to_bus(sg_page(sg)) + sg->offset;
 		virt = sg_virt(sg);
+
+		if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC)
+			continue;
+
 		dma_cache_sync(dev, virt, sg->length, direction);
 	}