diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst b/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
index 1887d92e8e9269..17706dc91ec9fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
@@ -130,3 +130,11 @@ accesses to DMA buffers in both privileged "supervisor" and unprivileged
 subsystem that the buffer is fully accessible at the elevated privilege
 level (and ideally inaccessible or at least read-only at the
 lesser-privileged levels).
+
+DMA_ATTR_OVERWRITE
+------------------
+
+This is a hint to the DMA-mapping subsystem that the device is expected to
+overwrite the entire mapped size, thus the caller does not require any of the
+previous buffer contents to be preserved. This allows bounce-buffering
+implementations to optimise DMA_FROM_DEVICE transfers.
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index dca2b1355bb133..6150d11a607e1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@
  */
 #define DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED		(1UL << 9)
 
+/*
+ * This is a hint to the DMA-mapping subsystem that the device is expected
+ * to overwrite the entire mapped size, thus the caller does not require any
+ * of the previous buffer contents to be preserved. This allows
+ * bounce-buffering implementations to optimise DMA_FROM_DEVICE transfers.
+ */
+#define DMA_ATTR_OVERWRITE		(1UL << 10)
+
 /*
  * A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA or bus address for the platform.  It can
  * be given to a device to use as a DMA source or target.  It is specific to a
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index f1e7ea160b4339..bfc56cb217059e 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -628,7 +628,8 @@ phys_addr_t swiotlb_tbl_map_single(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t orig_addr,
 		mem->slots[index + i].orig_addr = slot_addr(orig_addr, i);
 	tlb_addr = slot_addr(mem->start, index) + offset;
 	if (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC) &&
-	    (dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE || dir == DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL))
+	    (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_OVERWRITE) || dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE ||
+	    dir == DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL))
 		swiotlb_bounce(dev, tlb_addr, mapping_size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	return tlb_addr;
 }