diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index 2c96c0c68116..3d4524309b5c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <asm/cdmm.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/debug.h>
+#include <asm/dma-coherence.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/smp-ops.h>
@@ -1055,3 +1056,26 @@ static int __init debugfs_mips(void)
 }
 arch_initcall(debugfs_mips);
 #endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_DMA_MAYBE_COHERENT) && !defined(CONFIG_DMA_PERDEV_COHERENT)
+/* User defined DMA coherency from command line. */
+enum coherent_io_user_state coherentio = IO_COHERENCE_DEFAULT;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coherentio);
+int hw_coherentio = 0;	/* Actual hardware supported DMA coherency setting. */
+
+static int __init setcoherentio(char *str)
+{
+	coherentio = IO_COHERENCE_ENABLED;
+	pr_info("Hardware DMA cache coherency (command line)\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("coherentio", setcoherentio);
+
+static int __init setnocoherentio(char *str)
+{
+	coherentio = IO_COHERENCE_DISABLED;
+	pr_info("Software DMA cache coherency (command line)\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("nocoherentio", setnocoherentio);
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c b/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
index 2db6c2a6f964..10b56e8a2076 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c
@@ -24,29 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <dma-coherence.h>
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_DMA_MAYBE_COHERENT) && !defined(CONFIG_DMA_PERDEV_COHERENT)
-/* User defined DMA coherency from command line. */
-enum coherent_io_user_state coherentio = IO_COHERENCE_DEFAULT;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coherentio);
-int hw_coherentio = 0;	/* Actual hardware supported DMA coherency setting. */
-
-static int __init setcoherentio(char *str)
-{
-	coherentio = IO_COHERENCE_ENABLED;
-	pr_info("Hardware DMA cache coherency (command line)\n");
-	return 0;
-}
-early_param("coherentio", setcoherentio);
-
-static int __init setnocoherentio(char *str)
-{
-	coherentio = IO_COHERENCE_DISABLED;
-	pr_info("Software DMA cache coherency (command line)\n");
-	return 0;
-}
-early_param("nocoherentio", setnocoherentio);
-#endif
-
 static inline struct page *dma_addr_to_page(struct device *dev,
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr)
 {