diff --git a/include/configs/palmld.h b/include/configs/palmld.h
index c5dd494059e2ff922b300cf4e07169b1bc782735..3f9802ca0f52eb9613bbc52ab1ab41a3bef423a8 100644
--- a/include/configs/palmld.h
+++ b/include/configs/palmld.h
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 #define	CONFIG_CPU_PXA27X		1	/* Marvell PXA270 CPU */
 #define	CONFIG_PALMLD		1	/* Palm LifeDrive board */
 
+/* we will never enable dcache, because we have to setup MMU first */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF
+
 /*
  * Environment settings
  */
diff --git a/include/configs/palmtc.h b/include/configs/palmtc.h
index 9c948c547355075935c56e64d4dc25dca130d4df..64771e7e8d8967fa22f893e4bc34077e53130f8d 100644
--- a/include/configs/palmtc.h
+++ b/include/configs/palmtc.h
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 #define	CONFIG_CPU_PXA25X			1	/* Intel PXA255 CPU */
 #define	CONFIG_PALMTC			1	/* Palm Tungsten|C board */
 
+/* we will never enable dcache, because we have to setup MMU first */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF
+
 /*
  * Environment settings
  */
diff --git a/include/configs/zipitz2.h b/include/configs/zipitz2.h
index bf6394a90ae90d6cff7bcb8c53008dc71ca50847..b92f70b538d72552572e038e697206ad6b7d9858 100644
--- a/include/configs/zipitz2.h
+++ b/include/configs/zipitz2.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 #define CONFIG_ENV_ADDR			0x40000
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE			0x20000
 
+/* we will never enable dcache, because we have to setup MMU first */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF
+
 #define	CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(128*1024)
 #define	CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_INIT