diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
index 4410af33c5c4..9c9a23e5600d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/dma-direct.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/dma-noncoherent.h>
 #include <linux/dma-contiguous.h>
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ const struct dma_map_ops arm_dma_ops = {
 	.sync_sg_for_cpu	= arm_dma_sync_sg_for_cpu,
 	.sync_sg_for_device	= arm_dma_sync_sg_for_device,
 	.dma_supported		= arm_dma_supported,
+	.get_required_mask	= dma_direct_get_required_mask,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(arm_dma_ops);
 
@@ -212,6 +214,7 @@ const struct dma_map_ops arm_coherent_dma_ops = {
 	.map_sg			= arm_dma_map_sg,
 	.map_resource		= dma_direct_map_resource,
 	.dma_supported		= arm_dma_supported,
+	.get_required_mask	= dma_direct_get_required_mask,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(arm_coherent_dma_ops);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c
index 70fcc9736a8c..3542b7bd6a46 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/system-bus.c
@@ -686,18 +686,12 @@ static int ps3_dma_supported(struct device *_dev, u64 mask)
 	return mask >= DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
 }
 
-static u64 ps3_dma_get_required_mask(struct device *_dev)
-{
-	return DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
-}
-
 static const struct dma_map_ops ps3_sb_dma_ops = {
 	.alloc = ps3_alloc_coherent,
 	.free = ps3_free_coherent,
 	.map_sg = ps3_sb_map_sg,
 	.unmap_sg = ps3_sb_unmap_sg,
 	.dma_supported = ps3_dma_supported,
-	.get_required_mask = ps3_dma_get_required_mask,
 	.map_page = ps3_sb_map_page,
 	.unmap_page = ps3_unmap_page,
 	.mmap = dma_common_mmap,
@@ -710,7 +704,6 @@ static const struct dma_map_ops ps3_ioc0_dma_ops = {
 	.map_sg = ps3_ioc0_map_sg,
 	.unmap_sg = ps3_ioc0_unmap_sg,
 	.dma_supported = ps3_dma_supported,
-	.get_required_mask = ps3_dma_get_required_mask,
 	.map_page = ps3_ioc0_map_page,
 	.unmap_page = ps3_unmap_page,
 	.mmap = dma_common_mmap,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_gart_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_gart_64.c
index a65b4a9c7f87..d02662238b57 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_gart_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_gart_64.c
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ static const struct dma_map_ops gart_dma_ops = {
 	.dma_supported			= dma_direct_supported,
 	.mmap				= dma_common_mmap,
 	.get_sgtable			= dma_common_get_sgtable,
+	.get_required_mask		= dma_direct_get_required_mask,
 };
 
 static void gart_iommu_shutdown(void)
diff --git a/kernel/dma/mapping.c b/kernel/dma/mapping.c
index cdb157cd70e7..7dff1829c8c5 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/mapping.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/mapping.c
@@ -231,25 +231,6 @@ int dma_mmap_attrs(struct device *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_mmap_attrs);
 
-static u64 dma_default_get_required_mask(struct device *dev)
-{
-	u32 low_totalram = ((max_pfn - 1) << PAGE_SHIFT);
-	u32 high_totalram = ((max_pfn - 1) >> (32 - PAGE_SHIFT));
-	u64 mask;
-
-	if (!high_totalram) {
-		/* convert to mask just covering totalram */
-		low_totalram = (1 << (fls(low_totalram) - 1));
-		low_totalram += low_totalram - 1;
-		mask = low_totalram;
-	} else {
-		high_totalram = (1 << (fls(high_totalram) - 1));
-		high_totalram += high_totalram - 1;
-		mask = (((u64)high_totalram) << 32) + 0xffffffff;
-	}
-	return mask;
-}
-
 u64 dma_get_required_mask(struct device *dev)
 {
 	const struct dma_map_ops *ops = get_dma_ops(dev);
@@ -258,7 +239,16 @@ u64 dma_get_required_mask(struct device *dev)
 		return dma_direct_get_required_mask(dev);
 	if (ops->get_required_mask)
 		return ops->get_required_mask(dev);
-	return dma_default_get_required_mask(dev);
+
+	/*
+	 * We require every DMA ops implementation to at least support a 32-bit
+	 * DMA mask (and use bounce buffering if that isn't supported in
+	 * hardware).  As the direct mapping code has its own routine to
+	 * actually report an optimal mask we default to 32-bit here as that
+	 * is the right thing for most IOMMUs, and at least not actively
+	 * harmful in general.
+	 */
+	return DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_get_required_mask);
 
