diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cdmm.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cdmm.h
index 16e22ce9719f..bece2064cc8c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cdmm.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cdmm.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct mips_cdmm_driver {
  * mips_cdmm_phys_base() - Choose a physical base address for CDMM region.
  *
  * Picking a suitable physical address at which to map the CDMM region is
- * platform specific, so this weak function can be defined by platform code to
+ * platform specific, so this function can be defined by platform code to
  * pick a suitable value if none is configured by the bootloader.
  *
  * This address must be 32kB aligned, and the region occupies a maximum of 32kB
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct mips_cdmm_driver {
  *
  * Returns:	Physical base address for CDMM region, or 0 on failure.
  */
-phys_addr_t __weak mips_cdmm_phys_base(void);
+phys_addr_t mips_cdmm_phys_base(void);
 
 extern struct bus_type mips_cdmm_bustype;
 void __iomem *mips_cdmm_early_probe(unsigned int dev_type);
diff --git a/drivers/bus/mips_cdmm.c b/drivers/bus/mips_cdmm.c
index ab3bde16ecb4..1c543effe062 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mips_cdmm.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mips_cdmm.c
@@ -331,6 +331,18 @@ static phys_addr_t mips_cdmm_cur_base(void)
 		<< MIPS_CDMMBASE_ADDR_START;
 }
 
+/**
+ * mips_cdmm_phys_base() - Choose a physical base address for CDMM region.
+ *
+ * Picking a suitable physical address at which to map the CDMM region is
+ * platform specific, so this weak function can be overridden by platform
+ * code to pick a suitable value if none is configured by the bootloader.
+ */
+phys_addr_t __weak mips_cdmm_phys_base(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * mips_cdmm_setup() - Ensure the CDMM bus is initialised and usable.
  * @bus:	Pointer to bus information for current CPU.
@@ -368,7 +380,7 @@ static int mips_cdmm_setup(struct mips_cdmm_bus *bus)
 	if (!bus->phys)
 		bus->phys = mips_cdmm_cur_base();
 	/* Otherwise, ask platform code for suggestions */
-	if (!bus->phys && mips_cdmm_phys_base)
+	if (!bus->phys)
 		bus->phys = mips_cdmm_phys_base();
 	/* Otherwise, copy what other CPUs have done */
 	if (!bus->phys)