diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
index ce4d176b3d13..6b15a24930e0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
@@ -13,14 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/swiotlb.h>
 #include <linux/dma-contiguous.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ISA
-# define ISA_DMA_BIT_MASK DMA_BIT_MASK(24)
-#else
-# define ISA_DMA_BIT_MASK DMA_BIT_MASK(32)
-#endif
-
 extern int iommu_merge;
-extern struct device x86_dma_fallback_dev;
 extern int panic_on_overflow;
 
 extern const struct dma_map_ops *dma_ops;
@@ -30,7 +23,4 @@ static inline const struct dma_map_ops *get_arch_dma_ops(struct bus_type *bus)
 	return dma_ops;
 }
 
-bool arch_dma_alloc_attrs(struct device **dev);
-#define arch_dma_alloc_attrs arch_dma_alloc_attrs
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_gart_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_gart_64.c
index 2c0aa34af69c..bf7f13ea3c64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_gart_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_gart_64.c
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ static dma_addr_t gart_map_page(struct device *dev, struct page *page,
 	unsigned long bus;
 	phys_addr_t paddr = page_to_phys(page) + offset;
 
-	if (!dev)
-		dev = &x86_dma_fallback_dev;
-
 	if (!need_iommu(dev, paddr, size))
 		return paddr;
 
@@ -392,9 +389,6 @@ static int gart_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
 	if (nents == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!dev)
-		dev = &x86_dma_fallback_dev;
-
 	out		= 0;
 	start		= 0;
 	start_sg	= sg;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
index d460998ae828..dcd272dbd0a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
@@ -51,14 +51,6 @@ int iommu_pass_through __read_mostly;
 
 extern struct iommu_table_entry __iommu_table[], __iommu_table_end[];
 
-/* Dummy device used for NULL arguments (normally ISA). */
-struct device x86_dma_fallback_dev = {
-	.init_name = "fallback device",
-	.coherent_dma_mask = ISA_DMA_BIT_MASK,
-	.dma_mask = &x86_dma_fallback_dev.coherent_dma_mask,
-};
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(x86_dma_fallback_dev);
-
 void __init pci_iommu_alloc(void)
 {
 	struct iommu_table_entry *p;
@@ -77,18 +69,6 @@ void __init pci_iommu_alloc(void)
 	}
 }
 
-bool arch_dma_alloc_attrs(struct device **dev)
-{
-	if (!*dev)
-		*dev = &x86_dma_fallback_dev;
-
-	if (!is_device_dma_capable(*dev))
-		return false;
-	return true;
-
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_dma_alloc_attrs);
-
 /*
  * See <Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt> for the iommu kernel
  * parameter documentation.
diff --git a/kernel/dma/mapping.c b/kernel/dma/mapping.c
index c000906348c9..685a53f2a793 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/mapping.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/mapping.c
@@ -238,10 +238,6 @@ u64 dma_get_required_mask(struct device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_get_required_mask);
 
-#ifndef arch_dma_alloc_attrs
-#define arch_dma_alloc_attrs(dev)	(true)
-#endif
-
 void *dma_alloc_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
 		gfp_t flag, unsigned long attrs)
 {
@@ -256,9 +252,6 @@ void *dma_alloc_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
 	/* let the implementation decide on the zone to allocate from: */
 	flag &= ~(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_DMA32 | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
 
-	if (!arch_dma_alloc_attrs(&dev))
-		return NULL;
-
 	if (dma_is_direct(ops))
 		cpu_addr = dma_direct_alloc(dev, size, dma_handle, flag, attrs);
 	else if (ops->alloc)