diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c
index ba87f791323b..71ed5391f29d 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c
@@ -446,11 +446,27 @@ void arch_dma_free(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr,
 void arch_sync_dma_for_device(phys_addr_t paddr, size_t size,
 		enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
+	/*
+	 * fdc: The data cache line is written back to memory, if and only if
+	 * it is dirty, and then invalidated from the data cache.
+	 */
 	flush_kernel_dcache_range((unsigned long)phys_to_virt(paddr), size);
 }
 
 void arch_sync_dma_for_cpu(phys_addr_t paddr, size_t size,
 		enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
-	flush_kernel_dcache_range((unsigned long)phys_to_virt(paddr), size);
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) phys_to_virt(paddr);
+
+	switch (dir) {
+	case DMA_TO_DEVICE:
+	case DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL:
+		flush_kernel_dcache_range(addr, size);
+		return;
+	case DMA_FROM_DEVICE:
+		purge_kernel_dcache_range_asm(addr, addr + size);
+		return;
+	default:
+		BUG();
+	}
 }