diff --git a/kernel/dma/remap.c b/kernel/dma/remap.c
index 27596f3b4aef..9e2afad1c615 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/remap.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/remap.c
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ struct page **dma_common_find_pages(void *cpu_addr)
 {
 	struct vm_struct *area = find_vm_area(cpu_addr);
 
-	if (!area || area->flags != VM_DMA_COHERENT)
+	if (!area || !(area->flags & VM_DMA_COHERENT))
 		return NULL;
+	WARN(area->flags != VM_DMA_COHERENT,
+	     "unexpected flags in area: %p\n", cpu_addr);
 	return area->pages;
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ void dma_common_free_remap(void *cpu_addr, size_t size)
 {
 	struct vm_struct *area = find_vm_area(cpu_addr);
 
-	if (!area || area->flags != VM_DMA_COHERENT) {
+	if (!area || !(area->flags & VM_DMA_COHERENT)) {
 		WARN(1, "trying to free invalid coherent area: %p\n", cpu_addr);
 		return;
 	}