diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt
index 7193505a98ca..8f8d97f65d73 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt
@@ -156,13 +156,3 @@ 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_PRIVILEGED
--------------------
-
-Some advanced peripherals such as remote processors and GPUs perform
-accesses to DMA buffers in both privileged "supervisor" and unprivileged
-"user" modes.  This attribute is used to indicate to the DMA-mapping
-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).
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index a0ccba8ca1db..669cde2fa872 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -70,14 +70,6 @@
  */
 #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.  A CPU cannot
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index 33bed537a64b..8b1360772fc5 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -587,11 +587,14 @@ found:
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < nslots; i++)
 		io_tlb_orig_addr[index+i] = orig_addr + (i << IO_TLB_SHIFT);
-	if (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC) &&
-	    (!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_OVERWRITE) || dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE ||
-	    dir == DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL))
-		swiotlb_bounce(orig_addr, tlb_addr, 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(orig_addr, tlb_addr, size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	return tlb_addr;
 }