}
 
 
-static int armv7a_l1_d_cache_inval_virt(struct target *target, uint32_t virt,
+int armv7a_l1_d_cache_inval_virt(struct target *target, uint32_t virt,
                                        uint32_t size)
 {
        struct armv7a_common *armv7a = target_to_armv7a(target);
 
 
 int armv7a_l1_d_cache_clean_virt(struct target *target, uint32_t virt,
                                        unsigned int size);
+int armv7a_l1_d_cache_inval_virt(struct target *target, uint32_t virt,
+                                       unsigned int size);
 int armv7a_l1_d_cache_flush_virt(struct target *target, uint32_t virt,
                                        unsigned int size);
 int armv7a_l1_i_cache_inval_all(struct target *target);
 
                                breakpoint->orig_instr);
                if (retval != ERROR_OK)
                        return retval;
+
+               /* make sure data cache is cleaned & invalidated down to PoC */
+               if (!armv7a->armv7a_mmu.armv7a_cache.auto_cache_enabled) {
+                       armv7a_cache_flush_virt(target, breakpoint->address,
+                                               breakpoint->length);
+               }
+
                retval = target_write_memory(target,
                                breakpoint->address & 0xFFFFFFFE,
                                breakpoint->length, 1, code);
                if (retval != ERROR_OK)
                        return retval;
+
+               /* update i-cache at breakpoint location */
+               armv7a_l1_d_cache_inval_virt(target, breakpoint->address,
+                                       breakpoint->length);
+               armv7a_l1_i_cache_inval_virt(target, breakpoint->address,
+                                                breakpoint->length);
+
                breakpoint->set = 0x11; /* Any nice value but 0 */
        }
 
                        return ERROR_OK;
                }
        } else {
+
+               /* make sure data cache is cleaned & invalidated down to PoC */
+               if (!armv7a->armv7a_mmu.armv7a_cache.auto_cache_enabled) {
+                       armv7a_cache_flush_virt(target, breakpoint->address,
+                                               breakpoint->length);
+               }
+
                /* restore original instruction (kept in target endianness) */
                if (breakpoint->length == 4) {
                        retval = target_write_memory(target,
                        if (retval != ERROR_OK)
                                return retval;
                }
+
+               /* update i-cache at breakpoint location */
+               armv7a_l1_d_cache_inval_virt(target, breakpoint->address,
+                                                breakpoint->length);
+               armv7a_l1_i_cache_inval_virt(target, breakpoint->address,
+                                                breakpoint->length);
        }
        breakpoint->set = 0;