diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 0fc63c488edf..92ee4c8a4f76 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -75,23 +75,6 @@ static inline void copy_to_user_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 #define copy_from_user_page(vma, page, vaddr, dst, src, len) \
 	memcpy((dst), (src), (len))
 
-/*
- * Invalidate a VA range; pads to L2 cacheline boundaries.
- *
- * Note that on TILE64, __inv_buffer() actually flushes modified
- * cache lines in addition to invalidating them, i.e., it's the
- * same as __finv_buffer().
- */
-static inline void __inv_buffer(void *buffer, size_t size)
-{
-	char *next = (char *)((long)buffer & -L2_CACHE_BYTES);
-	char *finish = (char *)L2_CACHE_ALIGN((long)buffer + size);
-	while (next < finish) {
-		__insn_inv(next);
-		next += CHIP_INV_STRIDE();
-	}
-}
-
 /* Flush a VA range; pads to L2 cacheline boundaries. */
 static inline void __flush_buffer(void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
@@ -115,13 +98,6 @@ static inline void __finv_buffer(void *buffer, size_t size)
 }
 
 
-/* Invalidate a VA range and wait for it to be complete. */
-static inline void inv_buffer(void *buffer, size_t size)
-{
-	__inv_buffer(buffer, size);
-	mb();
-}
-
 /*
  * Flush a locally-homecached VA range and wait for the evicted
  * cachelines to hit memory.
@@ -142,6 +118,26 @@ static inline void finv_buffer_local(void *buffer, size_t size)
 	mb_incoherent();
 }
 
+#ifdef __tilepro__
+/* Invalidate a VA range; pads to L2 cacheline boundaries. */
+static inline void __inv_buffer(void *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	char *next = (char *)((long)buffer & -L2_CACHE_BYTES);
+	char *finish = (char *)L2_CACHE_ALIGN((long)buffer + size);
+	while (next < finish) {
+		__insn_inv(next);
+		next += CHIP_INV_STRIDE();
+	}
+}
+
+/* Invalidate a VA range and wait for it to be complete. */
+static inline void inv_buffer(void *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	__inv_buffer(buffer, size);
+	mb();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Flush and invalidate a VA range that is homed remotely, waiting
  * until the memory controller holds the flushed values.  If "hfh" is
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h
index e4d44bd7df27..f68503f8e0aa 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -566,37 +566,6 @@ static inline unsigned long __must_check flush_user(
 	return len;
 }
 
-/**
- * inv_user: - Invalidate a block of memory in user space from cache.
- * @mem:   Destination address, in user space.
- * @len:   Number of bytes to invalidate.
- *
- * Returns number of bytes that could not be invalidated.
- * On success, this will be zero.
- *
- * Note that on Tile64, the "inv" operation is in fact a
- * "flush and invalidate", so cache write-backs will occur prior
- * to the cache being marked invalid.
- */
-extern unsigned long inv_user_asm(void __user *mem, unsigned long len);
-static inline unsigned long __must_check __inv_user(
-	void __user *mem, unsigned long len)
-{
-	int retval;
-
-	might_fault();
-	retval = inv_user_asm(mem, len);
-	mb_incoherent();
-	return retval;
-}
-static inline unsigned long __must_check inv_user(
-	void __user *mem, unsigned long len)
-{
-	if (access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, mem, len))
-		return __inv_user(mem, len);
-	return len;
-}
-
 /**
  * finv_user: - Flush-inval a block of memory in user space from cache.
  * @mem:   Destination address, in user space.
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/uapi/asm/cachectl.h b/arch/tile/include/uapi/asm/cachectl.h
index af4c9f9154d1..572ddcad2090 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/uapi/asm/cachectl.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/uapi/asm/cachectl.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
  * to honor the arguments at some point.)
  *
  * Flush and invalidation of memory can normally be performed with the
- * __insn_flush(), __insn_inv(), and __insn_finv() instructions from
- * userspace.  The DCACHE option to the system call allows userspace
+ * __insn_flush() and __insn_finv() instructions from userspace.
+ * The DCACHE option to the system call allows userspace
  * to flush the entire L1+L2 data cache from the core.  In this case,
  * the address and length arguments are not used.  The DCACHE flush is
  * restricted to the current core, not all cores in the address space.
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/tile/kernel/head_32.S
index ac115307e5e4..80cd407925cd 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ENTRY(_start)
 	  auli r0, r0, ha16(swapper_pg_dir - PAGE_OFFSET)
 	}
 	{
-	  inv r6
+	  finv r6
 	  move r1, zero   /* high 32 bits of CPA is zero */
 	}
 	{
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/tile/kernel/head_64.S
index 6093964fa5c7..e23e5f7b91d9 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ ENTRY(_start)
 	{
 	  /* After initializing swapper_pgprot, HV_PTE_GLOBAL is set. */
 	  bfextu r7, r1, HV_PTE_INDEX_GLOBAL, HV_PTE_INDEX_GLOBAL
-	  inv r4
+	  finv r4
 	}
 	bnez r7, .Lno_write
 	{
diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/cacheflush.c b/arch/tile/lib/cacheflush.c
index 8f8ad814b139..2238b40abf3c 100644
--- a/arch/tile/lib/cacheflush.c
+++ b/arch/tile/lib/cacheflush.c
@@ -147,18 +147,21 @@ void finv_buffer_remote(void *buffer, size_t size, int hfh)
 		force_load(p);
 
 	/*
-	 * Repeat, but with inv's instead of loads, to get rid of the
+	 * Repeat, but with finv's instead of loads, to get rid of the
 	 * data we just loaded into our own cache and the old home L3.
-	 * No need to unroll since inv's don't target a register.
+	 * No need to unroll since finv's don't target a register.
+	 * The finv's are guaranteed not to actually flush the data in
+	 * the buffer back to their home, since we just read it, so the
+	 * lines are clean in cache; we will only invalidate those lines.
 	 */
 	p = (char *)buffer + size - 1;
-	__insn_inv(p);
+	__insn_finv(p);
 	p -= step_size;
 	p = (char *)((unsigned long)p | (step_size - 1));
 	for (; p >= base; p -= step_size)
-		__insn_inv(p);
+		__insn_finv(p);
 
-	/* Wait for the load+inv's (and thus finvs) to have completed. */
+	/* Wait for these finv's (and thus the first finvs) to be done. */
 	__insn_mf();
 
 #ifdef __tilegx__
diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/exports.c b/arch/tile/lib/exports.c
index a93b02a25222..359b1bc52d84 100644
--- a/arch/tile/lib/exports.c
+++ b/arch/tile/lib/exports.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnlen_user_asm);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy_from_user_asm);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_user_asm);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_user_asm);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(inv_user_asm);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(finv_user_asm);
 
 /* arch/tile/kernel/entry.S */
diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/usercopy_32.S b/arch/tile/lib/usercopy_32.S
index b62d002af009..21ffa88ffe5f 100644
--- a/arch/tile/lib/usercopy_32.S
+++ b/arch/tile/lib/usercopy_32.S
@@ -108,25 +108,6 @@ STD_ENTRY(flush_user_asm)
 	.word 1b, 2b
 	.popsection
 
-/*
- * inv_user_asm takes the user target address in r0 and the
- * number of bytes to invalidate in r1.
- * It returns the number of not inv'able bytes (hopefully zero) in r0.
- */
-STD_ENTRY(inv_user_asm)
-	bz r1, 2f
-	{ movei r2, L2_CACHE_BYTES; add r1, r0, r1 }
-	{ sub r2, zero, r2; addi r1, r1, L2_CACHE_BYTES-1 }
-	{ and r0, r0, r2; and r1, r1, r2 }
-	{ sub r1, r1, r0 }
-1:      { inv r0; addi r1, r1, -CHIP_INV_STRIDE() }
-	{ addi r0, r0, CHIP_INV_STRIDE(); bnzt r1, 1b }
-2:      { move r0, r1; jrp lr }
-	STD_ENDPROC(inv_user_asm)
-	.pushsection __ex_table,"a"
-	.word 1b, 2b
-	.popsection
-
 /*
  * finv_user_asm takes the user target address in r0 and the
  * number of bytes to flush-invalidate in r1.
diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/usercopy_64.S b/arch/tile/lib/usercopy_64.S
index adb2dbbc70cd..f248d3196e5c 100644
--- a/arch/tile/lib/usercopy_64.S
+++ b/arch/tile/lib/usercopy_64.S
@@ -108,25 +108,6 @@ STD_ENTRY(flush_user_asm)
 	.quad 1b, 2b
 	.popsection
 
-/*
- * inv_user_asm takes the user target address in r0 and the
- * number of bytes to invalidate in r1.
- * It returns the number of not inv'able bytes (hopefully zero) in r0.
- */
-STD_ENTRY(inv_user_asm)
-	beqz r1, 2f
-	{ movei r2, L2_CACHE_BYTES; add r1, r0, r1 }
-	{ sub r2, zero, r2; addi r1, r1, L2_CACHE_BYTES-1 }
-	{ and r0, r0, r2; and r1, r1, r2 }
-	{ sub r1, r1, r0 }
-1:      { inv r0; addi r1, r1, -CHIP_INV_STRIDE() }
-	{ addi r0, r0, CHIP_INV_STRIDE(); bnezt r1, 1b }
-2:      { move r0, r1; jrp lr }
-	STD_ENDPROC(inv_user_asm)
-	.pushsection __ex_table,"a"
-	.quad 1b, 2b
-	.popsection
-
 /*
  * finv_user_asm takes the user target address in r0 and the
  * number of bytes to flush-invalidate in r1.