diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/setup.c b/arch/arm/mach-at91/setup.c
index e2f4bdd146d6..942dc00f1227 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/setup.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void __init at91_init_sram(int bank, unsigned long base, unsigned int length)
 
 	desc->pfn = __phys_to_pfn(base);
 	desc->length = length;
-	desc->type = MT_DEVICE;
+	desc->type = MT_MEMORY_NONCACHED;
 
 	pr_info("AT91: sram at 0x%lx of 0x%x mapped at 0x%lx\n",
 		base, length, desc->virtual);