diff --git a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
index e5a852080730..aab1a40eb653 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config HEXAGON
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE
 	select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
+	select DMA_GLOBAL_POOL
 	# Other pending projects/to-do items.
 	# select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
 	# select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT if PERF_EVENTS
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/dma.c b/arch/hexagon/kernel/dma.c
index 00b9a81075dd..882680e81a30 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/dma.c
+++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/dma.c
@@ -7,54 +7,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/dma-map-ops.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
-#include <linux/genalloc.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-static struct gen_pool *coherent_pool;
-
-
-/* Allocates from a pool of uncached memory that was reserved at boot time */
-
-void *arch_dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_addr,
-		gfp_t flag, unsigned long attrs)
-{
-	void *ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * Our max_low_pfn should have been backed off by 16MB in
-	 * mm/init.c to create DMA coherent space.  Use that as the VA
-	 * for the pool.
-	 */
-
-	if (coherent_pool == NULL) {
-		coherent_pool = gen_pool_create(PAGE_SHIFT, -1);
-
-		if (coherent_pool == NULL)
-			panic("Can't create %s() memory pool!", __func__);
-		else
-			gen_pool_add(coherent_pool,
-				(unsigned long)pfn_to_virt(max_low_pfn),
-				hexagon_coherent_pool_size, -1);
-	}
-
-	ret = (void *) gen_pool_alloc(coherent_pool, size);
-
-	if (ret) {
-		memset(ret, 0, size);
-		*dma_addr = (dma_addr_t) virt_to_phys(ret);
-	} else
-		*dma_addr = ~0;
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-void arch_dma_free(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr,
-		dma_addr_t dma_addr, unsigned long attrs)
-{
-	gen_pool_free(coherent_pool, (unsigned long) vaddr, size);
-}
-
 void arch_sync_dma_for_device(phys_addr_t paddr, size_t size,
 		enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
@@ -77,3 +31,14 @@ void arch_sync_dma_for_device(phys_addr_t paddr, size_t size,
 		BUG();
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * Our max_low_pfn should have been backed off by 16MB in mm/init.c to create
+ * DMA coherent space.  Use that for the pool.
+ */
+static int __init hexagon_dma_init(void)
+{
+	return dma_init_global_coherent(PFN_PHYS(max_low_pfn),
+					hexagon_coherent_pool_size);
+}
+core_initcall(hexagon_dma_init);