diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/kernel_arch_func.h b/arch/xtensa/include/kernel_arch_func.h
index 8485969e7ab..47cef923583 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/kernel_arch_func.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/kernel_arch_func.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline void arch_switch(void *switch_to, void **switched_from)
 /* FIXME: we don't have a framework for including this from the SoC
  * layer, so we define it in the arch code here.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOC_FAMILY_INTEL_ADSP
+#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_FAMILY_INTEL_ADSP) && defined(CONFIG_KERNEL_COHERENCE)
 static inline bool arch_mem_coherent(void *ptr)
 {
 	size_t addr = (size_t) ptr;
diff --git a/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/Kconfig b/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/Kconfig
index 5a7234e956c..65d29b896b2 100644
--- a/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/Kconfig
+++ b/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/Kconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 config SOC_FAMILY_INTEL_ADSP
 	bool
-	select ARCH_HAS_COHERENCE
 
 if SOC_FAMILY_INTEL_ADSP
 
diff --git a/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/cavs_v15/Kconfig.series b/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/cavs_v15/Kconfig.series
index 50182b24013..2dcc3a6e0ad 100644
--- a/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/cavs_v15/Kconfig.series
+++ b/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/cavs_v15/Kconfig.series
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ config SOC_SERIES_INTEL_CAVS_V15
 	select XTENSA_RESET_VECTOR
 	select XTENSA_USE_CORE_CRT1
 	select ATOMIC_OPERATIONS_BUILTIN
+	select ARCH_HAS_COHERENCE
 	help
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