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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/io.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/io.h
index 96ce507d860..afb94aa2c15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/io.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/io.h
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@
#define EFX_USE_QWORD_IO 1
#endif
+/* Hardware issue requires that only 64-bit naturally aligned writes
+ * are seen by hardware. Its not strictly necessary to restrict to
+ * x86_64 arch, but done for safety since unusual write combining behaviour
+ * can break PIO.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+/* PIO is a win only if write-combining is possible */
+#ifdef ARCH_HAS_IOREMAP_WC
+#define EFX_USE_PIO 1
+#endif
+#endif
+
#ifdef EFX_USE_QWORD_IO
static inline void _efx_writeq(struct efx_nic *efx, __le64 value,
unsigned int reg)