diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/include/soc/symbols.h b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/include/soc/symbols.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c281b4e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/include/soc/symbols.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#ifndef _SOC_MEDIATEK_MT8183_SYMBOLS_H_
+#define _SOC_MEDIATEK_MT8183_SYMBOLS_H_
+#include <symbols.h>
+
+DECLARE_REGION(dram_dma)
+
+#endif /* _SOC_MEDIATEK_MT8183_SYMBOLS_H_ */
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/memlayout.ld b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/memlayout.ld
index db566665c2..a549274376 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/memlayout.ld
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8183/memlayout.ld
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 #define DRAM_INIT_CODE(addr, size) \
 	REGION(dram_init_code, addr, size, 4)
 
+#define DRAM_DMA(addr, size) \
+	REGION(dram_dma, addr, size, 4K) \
+	_ = ASSERT(size % 4K == 0, \
+		"DRAM DMA buffer should be multiple of smallest page size (4K)!");
+
 SECTIONS
 {
 	SRAM_START(0x00100000)
@@ -37,7 +42,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	SRAM_L2C_END(0x00280000)
 
 	DRAM_START(0x40000000)
-	POSTRAM_CBFS_CACHE(0x40000000, 2M)
+	DRAM_DMA(0x40000000, 1M)
+	POSTRAM_CBFS_CACHE(0x40100000, 1M)
 	RAMSTAGE(0x40200000, 256K)
 
 	BL31(0x54600000, 0x60000)