diff --git a/kernel/dma/Kconfig b/kernel/dma/Kconfig
index a0ce3c1494fd..14ef8e1bdefe 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/dma/Kconfig
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ config SWIOTLB
 # in the pagetables
 #
 config DMA_NONCOHERENT_MMAP
+	default y if !MMU
 	bool
 
 config DMA_COHERENT_POOL
diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.c b/kernel/dma/direct.c
index 0a4881e59aa7..9ec6a5c3fc57 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/direct.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/direct.c
@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ int dma_direct_get_sgtable(struct device *dev, struct sg_table *sgt,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 bool dma_direct_can_mmap(struct device *dev)
 {
 	return dev_is_dma_coherent(dev) ||
@@ -485,19 +484,6 @@ int dma_direct_mmap(struct device *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start, pfn + vma->vm_pgoff,
 			user_count << PAGE_SHIFT, vma->vm_page_prot);
 }
-#else /* CONFIG_MMU */
-bool dma_direct_can_mmap(struct device *dev)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
-int dma_direct_mmap(struct device *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-		void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t dma_addr, size_t size,
-		unsigned long attrs)
-{
-	return -ENXIO;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
 int dma_direct_supported(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
 {