diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
index feaa75f0013e..66c160b8547f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASMARM_CACHE_H
 #define __ASMARM_CACHE_H
 
-#define L1_CACHE_SHIFT		5
+#define L1_CACHE_SHIFT		CONFIG_ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT
 #define L1_CACHE_BYTES		(1 << L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index 5fe595aeba69..8d43e58f9244 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -771,3 +771,8 @@ config CACHE_XSC3L2
 	select OUTER_CACHE
 	help
 	  This option enables the L2 cache on XScale3.
+
+config ARM_L1_CACHE_SHIFT
+	int
+	default 6 if ARCH_OMAP3
+	default 5