diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
index 4c32ede464b5..2b6146241bde 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
@@ -632,9 +632,6 @@ static void r4k_dma_cache_inv(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
 		if (size >= scache_size)
 			r4k_blast_scache();
 		else {
-			unsigned long lsize = cpu_scache_line_size();
-			unsigned long almask = ~(lsize - 1);
-
 			/*
 			 * There is no clearly documented alignment requirement
 			 * for the cache instruction on MIPS processors and
@@ -643,9 +640,6 @@ static void r4k_dma_cache_inv(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
 			 * hit ops with insufficient alignment.  Solved by
 			 * aligning the address to cache line size.
 			 */
-			cache_op(Hit_Writeback_Inv_SD, addr & almask);
-			cache_op(Hit_Writeback_Inv_SD,
-				 (addr + size - 1) & almask);
 			blast_inv_scache_range(addr, addr + size);
 		}
 		__sync();
@@ -655,12 +649,7 @@ static void r4k_dma_cache_inv(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
 	if (cpu_has_safe_index_cacheops && size >= dcache_size) {
 		r4k_blast_dcache();
 	} else {
-		unsigned long lsize = cpu_dcache_line_size();
-		unsigned long almask = ~(lsize - 1);
-
 		R4600_HIT_CACHEOP_WAR_IMPL;
-		cache_op(Hit_Writeback_Inv_D, addr & almask);
-		cache_op(Hit_Writeback_Inv_D, (addr + size - 1)  & almask);
 		blast_inv_dcache_range(addr, addr + size);
 	}