diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 787290781b8c..2406757790fb 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1124,7 +1124,6 @@ config DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	bool
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_MMAP_PGPROT
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE
-	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 	select NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_COHERENT_TO_PFN
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT_CACHE_SYNC
@@ -1928,9 +1927,11 @@ config SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R3_5
 
 config SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R5
 	bool
+	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 
 config SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R6
 	bool
+	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 
 config SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS64_R1
 	bool
@@ -1940,6 +1941,7 @@ config SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS64_R2
 
 config SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS64_R6
 	bool
+	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 
 config SYS_HAS_CPU_R3000
 	bool
@@ -1976,6 +1978,7 @@ config SYS_HAS_CPU_R8000
 
 config SYS_HAS_CPU_R10000
 	bool
+	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 
 config SYS_HAS_CPU_RM7000
 	bool
@@ -2004,6 +2007,7 @@ config SYS_HAS_CPU_BMIPS4380
 config SYS_HAS_CPU_BMIPS5000
 	bool
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_BMIPS
+	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 
 config SYS_HAS_CPU_XLR
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/dma-noncoherent.c b/arch/mips/mm/dma-noncoherent.c
index cb38461391cb..f7e0fd6b7619 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/dma-noncoherent.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/dma-noncoherent.c
@@ -145,12 +145,14 @@ void arch_sync_dma_for_device(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t paddr,
 	dma_sync_phys(paddr, size, dir);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 void arch_sync_dma_for_cpu(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t paddr,
 		size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
 	if (cpu_needs_post_dma_flush(dev))
 		dma_sync_phys(paddr, size, dir);
 }
+#endif
 
 void arch_dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 		enum dma_data_direction direction)