diff --git a/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga_cyclone5.c b/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga_cyclone5.c
index 4149842..6b98277 100644
--- a/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga_cyclone5.c
+++ b/board/altera/socfpga/socfpga_cyclone5.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 int board_init(void)
 {
 	icache_enable();
+	dcache_enable();
 
 	/* Address of boot parameters for ATAG (if ATAG is used) */
 	gd->bd->bi_boot_params = CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + 0x100;
diff --git a/include/configs/socfpga_cyclone5.h b/include/configs/socfpga_cyclone5.h
index 76979b1..de60bb2 100644
--- a/include/configs/socfpga_cyclone5.h
+++ b/include/configs/socfpga_cyclone5.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #undef CONFIG_SOCFPGA_VIRTUAL_TARGET
 
 #define CONFIG_ARMV7
-#define CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF
 #undef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
 
 #define CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SOCFPGA
 #define CONFIG_CLOCKS
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_ARM_CACHE_WRITEALLOC
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE	32
 
 /* base address for .text section */