diff --git a/include/linux/io.h b/include/linux/io.h
index 069e407..f4f42fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/io.h
+++ b/include/linux/io.h
@@ -76,4 +76,29 @@
 #define arch_has_dev_port()     (1)
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Some systems (x86 without PAT) have a somewhat reliable way to mark a
+ * physical address range such that uncached mappings will actually
+ * end up write-combining.  This facility should be used in conjunction
+ * with pgprot_writecombine, ioremap-wc, or set_memory_wc, since it has
+ * no effect if the per-page mechanisms are functional.
+ * (On x86 without PAT, these functions manipulate MTRRs.)
+ *
+ * arch_phys_del_wc(0) or arch_phys_del_wc(any error code) is guaranteed
+ * to have no effect.
+ */
+#ifndef arch_phys_wc_add
+static inline int __must_check arch_phys_wc_add(unsigned long base,
+						unsigned long size)
+{
+	return 0;  /* It worked (i.e. did nothing). */
+}
+
+static inline void arch_phys_wc_del(int handle)
+{
+}
+
+#define arch_phys_wc_add arch_phys_wc_add
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_IO_H */