diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index eaece3d3e2254..320846442bfb0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ static inline phys_addr_t dma_to_phys(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t daddr)
 static inline void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
 		enum dma_data_direction direction)
 {
-	BUG_ON(direction == DMA_NONE);
-	__dma_sync(vaddr, size, (int)direction);
 }
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */