diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst b/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
index 17706dc91ec9..1887d92e8e92 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
@@ -130,11 +130,3 @@ 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 6150d11a607e..dca2b1355bb1 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@
  */
 #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 bfc56cb21705..6c350555e5a1 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -627,10 +627,14 @@ phys_addr_t swiotlb_tbl_map_single(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t orig_addr,
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_slots(alloc_size + offset); i++)
 		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) &&
-	    (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_OVERWRITE) || dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE ||
-	    dir == DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL))
-		swiotlb_bounce(dev, tlb_addr, mapping_size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+	/*
+	 * When dir == DMA_FROM_DEVICE we could omit the copy from the orig
+	 * to the tlb buffer, if we knew for sure the device will
+	 * overwirte the entire current content. But we don't. Thus
+	 * unconditional bounce may prevent leaking swiotlb content (i.e.
+	 * kernel memory) to user-space.
+	 */
+	swiotlb_bounce(dev, tlb_addr, mapping_size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	return tlb_addr;
 }