diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index eb83bcc70ec81..d2aac74d138c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -981,3 +981,12 @@ const struct seq_operations cpuinfo_op = {
 	.stop	= c_stop,
 	.show	= c_show
 };
+
+/* export the cache management functions */
+#ifndef MULTI_CACHE
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__glue(_CACHE,_dma_map_area));
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__glue(_CACHE,_dma_unmap_area));
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__glue(_CACHE,_dma_flush_range));
+
+#endif