diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 10041ac4032c..06f8dcc52ca6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -335,8 +335,7 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 		dev_warn(dev, "unable to guarantee persistence of writes\n");
 		fua = 0;
 	}
-	wbc = nvdimm_has_cache(nd_region) &&
-		!test_bit(ND_REGION_PERSIST_CACHE, &nd_region->flags);
+	wbc = nvdimm_has_cache(nd_region);
 
 	if (!devm_request_mem_region(dev, res->start, resource_size(res),
 				dev_name(&ndns->dev))) {