diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h
index 252434b00fdb..b3bba2f87e18 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/io.h
@@ -215,11 +215,6 @@ extern void set_iounmap_nonlazy(void);
 
 #include <asm-generic/iomap.h>
 
-/*
- * Convert a virtual cached pointer to an uncached pointer
- */
-#define xlate_dev_kmem_ptr(p)	p
-
 /*
  * ISA space is 'always mapped' on a typical x86 system, no need to
  * explicitly ioremap() it. The fact that the ISA IO space is mapped
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/io.h b/include/asm-generic/io.h
index 395afc829409..b4531e3b2120 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/io.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/io.h
@@ -915,6 +915,9 @@ extern void ioport_unmap(void __iomem *p);
 #endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP */
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAS_IOPORT_MAP */
 
+/*
+ * Convert a virtual cached pointer to an uncached pointer
+ */
 #ifndef xlate_dev_kmem_ptr
 #define xlate_dev_kmem_ptr xlate_dev_kmem_ptr
 static inline void *xlate_dev_kmem_ptr(void *addr)