diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 9557808e8937..f8567e95f98b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL if MMU
+	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_ALLOC if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_WRITE_COMBINE if !ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index 3e318bf9504c..4f3e7dec2171 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config M68K
 	select ARCH_HAS_BINFMT_FLAT
 	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
+	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_ALLOC if !MMU || COLDFIRE
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_PREP_COHERENT if HAS_DMA && MMU && !COLDFIRE
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE if HAS_DMA
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if RMW_INSNS
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index a15ab147af2e..46e8e4ea7a57 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config PARISC
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
+	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_ALLOC if PA11
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
diff --git a/kernel/dma/Kconfig b/kernel/dma/Kconfig
index 4524db877eba..d62f5957f36b 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/dma/Kconfig
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ config DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
 	select DMA_COHERENT_POOL
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT_MMAP
 
+#
+# Fallback to arch code for DMA allocations.  This should eventually go away.
+#
+config ARCH_HAS_DMA_ALLOC
+	depends on !ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_UNCACHED
+	depends on !DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
+	depends on !DMA_GLOBAL_POOL
+	bool
+
 config DMA_CMA
 	bool "DMA Contiguous Memory Allocator"
 	depends on HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS && CMA
diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.c b/kernel/dma/direct.c
index 9596ae1aa0da..c078090cd38e 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/direct.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/direct.c
@@ -220,13 +220,7 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 		return dma_direct_alloc_no_mapping(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp);
 
 	if (!dev_is_dma_coherent(dev)) {
-		/*
-		 * Fallback to the arch handler if it exists.  This should
-		 * eventually go away.
-		 */
-		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_UNCACHED) &&
-		    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP) &&
-		    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_GLOBAL_POOL) &&
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_DMA_ALLOC) &&
 		    !is_swiotlb_for_alloc(dev))
 			return arch_dma_alloc(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp,
 					      attrs);
@@ -330,9 +324,7 @@ void dma_direct_free(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_UNCACHED) &&
-	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP) &&
-	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_GLOBAL_POOL) &&
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_DMA_ALLOC) &&
 	    !dev_is_dma_coherent(dev) &&
 	    !is_swiotlb_for_alloc(dev)) {
 		arch_dma_free(dev, size, cpu_addr, dma_addr, attrs);