diff --git a/include/asm-avr32/dma-mapping.h b/include/asm-avr32/dma-mapping.h
index 5c01e27f0b41..115813e48fe0 100644
--- a/include/asm-avr32/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/asm-avr32/dma-mapping.h
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 dma_mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * dma_map_single can't fail as it is implemented now.
+ */
+static inline int dma_mapping_error(dma_addr_t addr)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * dma_alloc_coherent - allocate consistent memory for DMA
  * @dev: valid struct device pointer, or NULL for ISA and EISA-like devices