diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/cache.h
index fb781e34f322fdd5aec20e9444bb395f4253c3a9..b3410ff6a62dbcc589ffa411f326d6954c8ba80c 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ extern void arc_cache_init(void);
 extern char *arc_cache_mumbojumbo(int cpu_id, char *buf, int len);
 extern void read_decode_cache_bcr(void);
 
-extern int ioc_exists;
+extern int ioc_enable;
 extern unsigned long perip_base, perip_end;
 
 #endif	/* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/cache.c b/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
index 97dddbefb86a93fa2f1e05275b6f25db3f283644..518ff76771f3616f6803cbf60fdb32ff03e61752 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/cache.c
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 
 static int l2_line_sz;
-int ioc_exists;
-volatile int slc_enable = 1, ioc_enable = 1;
+static int ioc_exists;
+int slc_enable = 1, ioc_enable = 1;
 unsigned long perip_base = ARC_UNCACHED_ADDR_SPACE; /* legacy value for boot */
 unsigned long perip_end = 0xFFFFFFFF; /* legacy value */
 
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ static void read_decode_cache_bcr_arcv2(int cpu)
 	}
 
 	READ_BCR(ARC_REG_CLUSTER_BCR, cbcr);
-	if (cbcr.c && ioc_enable)
+	if (cbcr.c)
 		ioc_exists = 1;
+	else
+		ioc_enable = 0;
 
 	/* HS 2.0 didn't have AUX_VOL */
 	if (cpuinfo_arc700[cpu].core.family > 0x51) {
@@ -1002,7 +1004,7 @@ void arc_cache_init(void)
 			read_aux_reg(ARC_REG_SLC_CTRL) | SLC_CTRL_DISABLE);
 	}
 
-	if (is_isa_arcv2() && ioc_exists) {
+	if (is_isa_arcv2() && ioc_enable) {
 		/* IO coherency base - 0x8z */
 		write_aux_reg(ARC_REG_IO_COH_AP0_BASE, 0x80000);
 		/* IO coherency aperture size - 512Mb: 0x8z-0xAz */
diff --git a/arch/arc/mm/dma.c b/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
index 20afc65e22dc780c69dea280acfc6907a1680e9f..60aab5a7522b50c75e9e008214586a9fee182b10 100644
--- a/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
+++ b/arch/arc/mm/dma.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static void *arc_dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	 *   -For coherent data, Read/Write to buffers terminate early in cache
 	 *   (vs. always going to memory - thus are faster)
 	 */
-	if ((is_isa_arcv2() && ioc_exists) ||
+	if ((is_isa_arcv2() && ioc_enable) ||
 	    (attrs & DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT))
 		need_coh = 0;
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void arc_dma_free(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *vaddr,
 	int is_non_coh = 1;
 
 	is_non_coh = (attrs & DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT) ||
-			(is_isa_arcv2() && ioc_exists);
+			(is_isa_arcv2() && ioc_enable);
 
 	if (PageHighMem(page) || !is_non_coh)
 		iounmap((void __force __iomem *)vaddr);