diff --git a/lib/swiotlb.c b/lib/swiotlb.c
index 68e8f49..ad1d296 100644
--- a/lib/swiotlb.c
+++ b/lib/swiotlb.c
@@ -106,8 +106,12 @@
 	}
 	if (*str == ',')
 		++str;
-	if (!strcmp(str, "force"))
+	if (!strcmp(str, "force")) {
 		swiotlb_force = SWIOTLB_FORCE;
+	} else if (!strcmp(str, "noforce")) {
+		swiotlb_force = SWIOTLB_NO_FORCE;
+		io_tlb_nslabs = 1;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -541,8 +545,15 @@
 map_single(struct device *hwdev, phys_addr_t phys, size_t size,
 	   enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
-	dma_addr_t start_dma_addr = phys_to_dma(hwdev, io_tlb_start);
+	dma_addr_t start_dma_addr;
 
+	if (swiotlb_force == SWIOTLB_NO_FORCE) {
+		dev_warn_ratelimited(hwdev, "Cannot do DMA to address %pa\n",
+				     &phys);
+		return SWIOTLB_MAP_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	start_dma_addr = phys_to_dma(hwdev, io_tlb_start);
 	return swiotlb_tbl_map_single(hwdev, start_dma_addr, phys, size, dir);
 }
 
@@ -707,6 +718,9 @@
 swiotlb_full(struct device *dev, size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir,
 	     int do_panic)
 {
+	if (swiotlb_force == SWIOTLB_NO_FORCE)
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * Ran out of IOMMU space for this operation. This is very bad.
 	 * Unfortunately the drivers cannot handle this operation properly.