diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio.c
index 2dd4cfe7ca17d8da17ef24fe6f89932e2771e755..b9dee28ee7d03a7ca1588037beedcb585880ccb9 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio.c
@@ -295,6 +295,12 @@ static int mmc_sdio_init_card(struct mmc_host *host, u32 ocr,
 
 	card->type = MMC_TYPE_SDIO;
 
+	/*
+	 * Call the optional HC's init_card function to handle quirks.
+	 */
+	if (host->ops->init_card)
+		host->ops->init_card(host, card);
+
 	/*
 	 * For native busses:  set card RCA and quit open drain mode.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c
index 51e880c8f193edb0185c641b50276f1f80a79693..2c53024ee439758fd72c4b663e8e02576f6ec61a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mxcmmc.c
@@ -724,11 +724,27 @@ static void mxcmci_enable_sdio_irq(struct mmc_host *mmc, int enable)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
 }
 
+static void mxcmci_init_card(struct mmc_host *host, struct mmc_card *card)
+{
+	/*
+	 * MX3 SoCs have a silicon bug which corrupts CRC calculation of
+	 * multi-block transfers when connected SDIO peripheral doesn't
+	 * drive the BUSY line as required by the specs.
+	 * One way to prevent this is to only allow 1-bit transfers.
+	 */
+
+	if (cpu_is_mx3() && card->type == MMC_TYPE_SDIO)
+		host->caps &= ~MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA;
+	else
+		host->caps |= MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA;
+}
+
 static const struct mmc_host_ops mxcmci_ops = {
 	.request		= mxcmci_request,
 	.set_ios		= mxcmci_set_ios,
 	.get_ro			= mxcmci_get_ro,
 	.enable_sdio_irq	= mxcmci_enable_sdio_irq,
+	.init_card		= mxcmci_init_card,
 };
 
 static int mxcmci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
index 43eaf5ca58481a732a96e80507ead6246ed3d9c2..3196c84cc630b67fae5a3df03c9b1dee3b3b91e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ struct mmc_host_ops {
 	int	(*get_cd)(struct mmc_host *host);
 
 	void	(*enable_sdio_irq)(struct mmc_host *host, int enable);
+
+	/* optional callback for HC quirks */
+	void	(*init_card)(struct mmc_host *host, struct mmc_card *card);
 };
 
 struct mmc_card;