diff --git a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_fw.c b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_fw.c
index 9827ea4d7b83b46483a26fd2d9a0e622bc4fa9cf..0191cf8e5964a9d8532425ee80274f276a924a72 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_fw.c
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ static int ivpu_fw_mem_init(struct ivpu_device *vdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	fw->mem = ivpu_bo_alloc_internal(vdev, fw->runtime_addr, fw->runtime_size, DRM_IVPU_BO_WC);
+	fw->mem = ivpu_bo_alloc_internal(vdev, fw->runtime_addr, fw->runtime_size,
+					 DRM_IVPU_BO_CACHED | DRM_IVPU_BO_NOSNOOP);
 	if (!fw->mem) {
 		ivpu_err(vdev, "Failed to allocate firmware runtime memory\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ int ivpu_fw_load(struct ivpu_device *vdev)
 		memset(start, 0, size);
 	}
 
-	wmb(); /* Flush WC buffers after writing fw->mem */
+	clflush_cache_range(fw->mem->kvaddr, fw->mem->base.size);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -432,6 +433,7 @@ void ivpu_fw_boot_params_setup(struct ivpu_device *vdev, struct vpu_boot_params
 	if (!ivpu_fw_is_cold_boot(vdev)) {
 		boot_params->save_restore_ret_address = 0;
 		vdev->pm->is_warmboot = true;
+		clflush_cache_range(vdev->fw->mem->kvaddr, SZ_4K);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -493,7 +495,7 @@ void ivpu_fw_boot_params_setup(struct ivpu_device *vdev, struct vpu_boot_params
 	boot_params->punit_telemetry_sram_size = ivpu_hw_reg_telemetry_size_get(vdev);
 	boot_params->vpu_telemetry_enable = ivpu_hw_reg_telemetry_enable_get(vdev);
 
-	wmb(); /* Flush WC buffers after writing bootparams */
+	clflush_cache_range(vdev->fw->mem->kvaddr, SZ_4K);
 
 	ivpu_fw_boot_params_print(vdev, boot_params);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_gem.h b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_gem.h
index 6b0ceda5f2537491bda6314f40b573a0f0a6a27f..f4130586ff1b210602f90915db8133a68b4ad35f 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_gem.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <drm/drm_gem.h>
 #include <drm/drm_mm.h>
 
+#define DRM_IVPU_BO_NOSNOOP       0x10000000
+
 struct dma_buf;
 struct ivpu_bo_ops;
 struct ivpu_file_priv;
@@ -83,6 +85,9 @@ static inline u32 ivpu_bo_cache_mode(struct ivpu_bo *bo)
 
 static inline bool ivpu_bo_is_snooped(struct ivpu_bo *bo)
 {
+	if (bo->flags & DRM_IVPU_BO_NOSNOOP)
+		return false;
+
 	return ivpu_bo_cache_mode(bo) == DRM_IVPU_BO_CACHED;
 }