diff --git a/drivers/of/address.c b/drivers/of/address.c
index 72914cd..37619bb 100644
--- a/drivers/of/address.c
+++ b/drivers/of/address.c
@@ -896,12 +896,16 @@
  * @np:	device node
  *
  * It returns true if "dma-coherent" property was found
- * for this device in DT.
+ * for this device in the DT, or if DMA is coherent by
+ * default for OF devices on the current platform.
  */
 bool of_dma_is_coherent(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	struct device_node *node = of_node_get(np);
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF_DMA_DEFAULT_COHERENT))
+		return true;
+
 	while (node) {
 		if (of_property_read_bool(node, "dma-coherent")) {
 			of_node_put(node);