diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/cache.h
index 45effe6978fa..039880e7d2c9 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES L1_CACHE_BYTES
 
+#define ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN	L1_CACHE_BYTES
+
 #define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data..read_mostly")))
 
 void parisc_cache_init(void);	/* initializes cache-flushing */