diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/ide.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/ide.h
index affa66f5c2da..4ae5fbcb15a5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/ide.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/ide.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 static inline void __ide_flush_prologue(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	if (cpu_has_dc_aliases)
+	if (cpu_has_dc_aliases || !cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc)
 		preempt_disable();
 #endif
 }
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ static inline void __ide_flush_prologue(void)
 static inline void __ide_flush_epilogue(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	if (cpu_has_dc_aliases)
+	if (cpu_has_dc_aliases || !cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc)
 		preempt_enable();
 #endif
 }
 
 static inline void __ide_flush_dcache_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
 {
-	if (cpu_has_dc_aliases) {
+	if (cpu_has_dc_aliases || !cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc) {
 		unsigned long end = addr + size;
 
 		while (addr < end) {