--- a/arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/core.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/core.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <asm/mach/map.h>
 #include <asm/mach/time.h>
 #include <asm/mach/irq.h>
+#include <asm/hardware/cache-l2x0.h>
 #include <asm/hardware/gic.h>
 #include <asm/smp_twd.h>
 #include <mach/cns3xxx.h>
@@ -71,15 +72,29 @@ static struct map_desc cns3xxx_io_desc[]
 		.pfn		= __phys_to_pfn(CNS3XXX_SSP_BASE),
 		.length		= SZ_4K,
 		.type		= MT_DEVICE,
+	}, {
+		.virtual	= CNS3XXX_L2C_BASE_VIRT,
+		.pfn		= __phys_to_pfn(CNS3XXX_L2C_BASE),
+		.length		= SZ_4K,
+		.type		= MT_DEVICE,
 	},
 };
 
 void __init cns3xxx_map_io(void)
 {
+	iotable_init(cns3xxx_io_desc, ARRAY_SIZE(cns3xxx_io_desc));
+#ifdef CONFIG_CACHE_L2X0
+	void __iomem *l2x0_base = (void __iomem *) CNS3XXX_L2C_BASE_VIRT;
+
+	/* set RAM latencies to 1 cycle for this core tile. */
+	writel(0, l2x0_base + L2X0_TAG_LATENCY_CTRL);
+	writel(0, l2x0_base + L2X0_DATA_LATENCY_CTRL);
+
+	l2x0_init(l2x0_base, 0x00400000, 0xfe0fffff);
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS
 	twd_base = (void __iomem *) CNS3XXX_TC11MP_TWD_BASE_VIRT;
 #endif
-	iotable_init(cns3xxx_io_desc, ARRAY_SIZE(cns3xxx_io_desc));
 }
 
 /* used by entry-macro.S */
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ config CACHE_L2X0
 	depends on REALVIEW_EB_ARM11MP || MACH_REALVIEW_PB11MP || MACH_REALVIEW_PB1176 || \
 		   REALVIEW_EB_A9MP || SOC_IMX35 || SOC_IMX31 || MACH_REALVIEW_PBX || \
 		   ARCH_NOMADIK || ARCH_OMAP4 || ARCH_EXYNOS4 || ARCH_TEGRA || \
-		   ARCH_U8500 || ARCH_VEXPRESS_CA9X4 || ARCH_SHMOBILE
+		   ARCH_U8500 || ARCH_VEXPRESS_CA9X4 || ARCH_SHMOBILE || ARCH_CNS3XXX
 	default y
 	select OUTER_CACHE
 	select OUTER_CACHE_SYNC
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ config ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT
 config ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE
 	bool "Use non-cacheable memory for DMA" if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K) && !CPU_V7
 	depends on !(MACH_REALVIEW_PB1176 || REALVIEW_EB_ARM11MP || \
-		     MACH_REALVIEW_PB11MP)
+		     MACH_REALVIEW_PB11MP || ARCH_CNS3XXX)
 	default y if CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7
 	help
 	  Historically, the kernel has used strongly ordered mappings to