diff --git a/drivers/amba/bus.c b/drivers/amba/bus.c
index e0f74ddc22b7..594c228d2f02 100644
--- a/drivers/amba/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/amba/bus.c
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ struct bus_type amba_bustype = {
 	.match		= amba_match,
 	.uevent		= amba_uevent,
 	.pm		= &amba_pm,
+	.force_dma	= true,
 };
 
 static int __init amba_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 9045c5f3734e..c203fb90c1a0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -1143,6 +1143,7 @@ struct bus_type platform_bus_type = {
 	.match		= platform_match,
 	.uevent		= platform_uevent,
 	.pm		= &platform_dev_pm_ops,
+	.force_dma	= true,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_bus_type);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/bus.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/bus.c
index f9cde03030fd..ed03b3243195 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/bus.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ struct bus_type host1x_bus_type = {
 	.name = "host1x",
 	.match = host1x_device_match,
 	.pm = &host1x_device_pm_ops,
+	.force_dma = true,
 };
 
 static void __host1x_device_del(struct host1x_device *device)
diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
index 64b710265d39..25bddf9c9fe1 100644
--- a/drivers/of/device.c
+++ b/drivers/of/device.c
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
-#include <linux/amba/bus.h>
 
 #include <asm/errno.h>
 #include "of_private.h"
@@ -101,11 +99,7 @@ int of_dma_configure(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np)
 		 * DMA configuration regardless of whether "dma-ranges" is
 		 * correctly specified or not.
 		 */
-		if (!dev_is_pci(dev) &&
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_AMBA
-		    dev->bus != &amba_bustype &&
-#endif
-		    dev->bus != &platform_bus_type)
+		if (!dev->bus->force_dma)
 			return ret == -ENODEV ? 0 : ret;
 
 		dma_addr = offset = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index 11bd267fc137..38bdb97b6dc6 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -1466,6 +1466,7 @@ struct bus_type pci_bus_type = {
 	.drv_groups	= pci_drv_groups,
 	.pm		= PCI_PM_OPS_PTR,
 	.num_vf		= pci_bus_num_vf,
+	.force_dma	= true,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_bus_type);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 66fe271c2544..d60f7701e245 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ extern void bus_remove_file(struct bus_type *, struct bus_attribute *);
  * @p:		The private data of the driver core, only the driver core can
  *		touch this.
  * @lock_key:	Lock class key for use by the lock validator
+ * @force_dma:	Assume devices on this bus should be set up by dma_configure()
+ * 		even if DMA capability is not explicitly described by firmware.
  *
  * A bus is a channel between the processor and one or more devices. For the
  * purposes of the device model, all devices are connected via a bus, even if
@@ -135,6 +137,8 @@ struct bus_type {
 
 	struct subsys_private *p;
 	struct lock_class_key lock_key;
+
+	bool force_dma;
 };
 
 extern int __must_check bus_register(struct bus_type *bus);