diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index a6d73c763be1..206d34bd5e3f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ config MIPS_ALCHEMY
 	select CEVT_R4K
 	select CSRC_R4K
 	select IRQ_MIPS_CPU
-	select DMA_MAYBE_COHERENT	# Au1000,1500,1100 aren't, rest is
+	select DMA_NONCOHERENT		# Au1000,1500,1100 aren't, rest is
 	select MIPS_FIXUP_BIGPHYS_ADDR if PCI
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ config MIPS_MALTA
 	select CLKSRC_MIPS_GIC
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select CSRC_R4K
-	select DMA_MAYBE_COHERENT
+	select DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	select GENERIC_ISA_DMA
 	select HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
 	select HAVE_PCI
@@ -1162,10 +1162,6 @@ config FW_CFE
 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
 	bool
 
-config DMA_MAYBE_COHERENT
-	select DMA_NONCOHERENT
-	bool
-
 config DMA_PERDEV_COHERENT
 	bool
 	select ARCH_HAS_SETUP_DMA_OPS
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index f0f533294311..fb59188b623f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static int __init debugfs_mips(void)
 arch_initcall(debugfs_mips);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_MAYBE_COHERENT
+#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_NONCOHERENT
 static int __init setcoherentio(char *str)
 {
 	dma_default_coherent = true;