diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c
index 8e8474935289..f011f4c2c968 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c
@@ -67,11 +67,10 @@ void arch_setup_dma_ops(struct device *dev, u64 dma_base, u64 size,
 {
 	int cls = cache_line_size_of_cpu();
 
-	WARN_TAINT(!coherent && cls > ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN,
-		   TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC,
-		   "%s %s: ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN smaller than CTR_EL0.CWG (%d < %d)",
-		   dev_driver_string(dev), dev_name(dev),
-		   ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN, cls);
+	if (!coherent && cls > ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN)
+		panic("%s %s: ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN smaller than CTR_EL0.CWG (%d < %d)",
+		      dev_driver_string(dev), dev_name(dev), ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN,
+		      cls);
 
 	dev->dma_coherent = coherent;
 	if (iommu) {