diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/buffer.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/buffer.rst
index ac58966ccb9b..601c3e96464a 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/buffer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/buffer.rst
@@ -437,23 +437,17 @@ Buffer Flags
 	:ref:`VIDIOC_PREPARE_BUF <VIDIOC_QBUF>`,
 	:ref:`VIDIOC_QBUF` or
 	:ref:`VIDIOC_DQBUF <VIDIOC_QBUF>` ioctl is called.
-    * .. _`V4L2-BUF-FLAG-NO-CACHE-INVALIDATE`:
+    * .. _`V4L2-BUF-FLAG-NO-CACHE-SYNC`:
 
-      - ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE``
+      - ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_SYNC``
       - 0x00000800
-      - Caches do not have to be invalidated for this buffer. Typically
-	applications shall use this flag if the data captured in the
-	buffer is not going to be touched by the CPU, instead the buffer
-	will, probably, be passed on to a DMA-capable hardware unit for
-	further processing or output.
-    * .. _`V4L2-BUF-FLAG-NO-CACHE-CLEAN`:
-
-      - ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN``
-      - 0x00001000
-      - Caches do not have to be cleaned for this buffer. Typically
-	applications shall use this flag for output buffers if the data in
-	this buffer has not been created by the CPU but by some
-	DMA-capable unit, in which case caches have not been used.
+      - Do not perform CPU cache synchronisation operations when the buffer is
+	queued or dequeued. The user is responsible for the correct use of
+	this flag. It should be only used when the buffer is not accessed
+	using the CPU, e.g. the buffer is written to by a hardware block and
+	then read by another one, in which case the flag should be set in both
+	:ref:`VIDIOC_QBUF` and :ref:`VIDIOC_DQBUF` ioctls. The flag has no
+	effect on some devices / architectures.
     * .. _`V4L2-BUF-FLAG-LAST`:
 
       - ``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_LAST``
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.rst
index bdcfd9fe550d..80aeb7e403f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-prepare-buf.rst
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ pass ownership of the buffer to the driver before actually enqueuing it,
 using the :ref:`VIDIOC_QBUF` ioctl, and to prepare it for future I/O. Such
 preparations may include cache invalidation or cleaning. Performing them
 in advance saves time during the actual I/O. In case such cache
-operations are not required, the application can use one of
-``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE`` and
-``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN`` flags to skip the respective step.
+operations are not required, the application can use the
+``V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_SYNC`` flag to skip the cache synchronization step.
 
 The struct :c:type:`v4l2_buffer` structure is specified in
 :ref:`buffer`.
diff --git a/include/trace/events/v4l2.h b/include/trace/events/v4l2.h
index ee7754c6e4a1..fb9ad7b0dddd 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/v4l2.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/v4l2.h
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ SHOW_FIELD
 		{ V4L2_BUF_FLAG_ERROR,		     "ERROR" },		      \
 		{ V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMECODE,	     "TIMECODE" },	      \
 		{ V4L2_BUF_FLAG_PREPARED,	     "PREPARED" },	      \
-		{ V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE, "NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE" }, \
-		{ V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN,	     "NO_CACHE_CLEAN" },      \
+		{ V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_SYNC,	     "NO_CACHE_SYNC" },	      \
 		{ V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MASK,	     "TIMESTAMP_MASK" },      \
 		{ V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_UNKNOWN,   "TIMESTAMP_UNKNOWN" },   \
 		{ V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC, "TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC" }, \
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index 46e8a2e369f9..3516dd638009 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -935,8 +935,11 @@ struct v4l2_buffer {
 #define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMECODE			0x00000100
 /* Buffer is prepared for queuing */
 #define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_PREPARED			0x00000400
-/* Cache handling flags */
-#define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE	0x00000800
+/* Cache sync hint */
+#define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_SYNC		0x00000800
+/* DEPRECATED. THIS WILL BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE! */
+#define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_INVALIDATE	V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_SYNC
+/* DEPRECATED. THIS WILL BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE! */
 #define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_NO_CACHE_CLEAN		0x00001000
 /* Timestamp type */
 #define V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MASK		0x0000e000
