diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt
index 5093ddf900da63bd61217d97899a3ac1435e01b5..3ed3797b50865fb374f3c36c88b82e03367244da 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Required properties:
   - interrupts : should contain eSDHC interrupt.
   - interrupt-parent : interrupt source phandle.
   - clock-frequency : specifies eSDHC base clock frequency.
+  - sdhci,1-bit-only : (optional) specifies that a controller can
+    only handle 1-bit data transfers.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of.c
index 128c614d11aa2d8d2446762cf1e97a123d2f99e5..d79fa55c3b8963adf524fde33ed81112800ee7ef 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of.c
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_of_probe(struct of_device *ofdev,
 		host->ops = &sdhci_of_data->ops;
 	}
 
+	if (of_get_property(np, "sdhci,1-bit-only", NULL))
+		host->quirks |= SDHCI_QUIRK_FORCE_1_BIT_DATA;
+
 	clk = of_get_property(np, "clock-frequency", &size);
 	if (clk && size == sizeof(*clk) && *clk)
 		of_host->clock = *clk;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index 3856669aa7e807211699169f64bd0df74c339d7a..c7586739be1ee0c5e43e5b83a8d3392fd1555a10 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -1761,7 +1761,10 @@ int sdhci_add_host(struct sdhci_host *host)
 	mmc->ops = &sdhci_ops;
 	mmc->f_min = host->max_clk / 256;
 	mmc->f_max = host->max_clk;
-	mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA | MMC_CAP_SDIO_IRQ;
+	mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_SDIO_IRQ;
+
+	if (!(host->quirks & SDHCI_QUIRK_FORCE_1_BIT_DATA))
+		mmc->caps |= MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA;
 
 	if (caps & SDHCI_CAN_DO_HISPD)
 		mmc->caps |= MMC_CAP_SD_HIGHSPEED;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
index 84d149096f0e8902e178191dd00204067af973ec..5d37dd94b53f4da9ef7fcb43d4b9515c99cf377f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ struct sdhci_host {
 #define SDHCI_QUIRK_FORCE_BLK_SZ_2048			(1<<20)
 /* Controller cannot do multi-block transfers */
 #define SDHCI_QUIRK_NO_MULTIBLOCK			(1<<21)
+/* Controller can only handle 1-bit data transfers */
+#define SDHCI_QUIRK_FORCE_1_BIT_DATA			(1<<22)
 
 	int			irq;		/* Device IRQ */
 	void __iomem *		ioaddr;		/* Mapped address */