diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/Kconfig
index cd9fcb1cd7ab..efe49610ec4c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/Kconfig
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ config ARCH_HIGHBANK
 	select PL320_MBOX
 	select SPARSE_IRQ
 	select USE_OF
+	select ZONE_DMA if ARM_LPAE
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
index 88815795fe26..0749b42f33c9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ static const char *highbank_match[] __initconst = {
 };
 
 DT_MACHINE_START(HIGHBANK, "Highbank")
+#if defined(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_LPAE)
+	.dma_zone_size	= (4ULL * SZ_1G),
+#endif
 	.smp		= smp_ops(highbank_smp_ops),
 	.init_irq	= highbank_init_irq,
 	.init_time	= highbank_timer_init,