diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
index f61fc2d4cd0a649a02e8e2acc10da53a7ffe7c2a..f9aa8a7deffaff1788955284e3f39dc86f8725a2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ void sdio_f0_writeb(struct sdio_func *func, unsigned char b, unsigned int addr,
 
 	BUG_ON(!func);
 
-	if (addr < 0xF0 || addr > 0xFF) {
+	if ((addr < 0xF0 || addr > 0xFF) && (!mmc_card_lenient_fn0(func->card))) {
 		if (err_ret)
 			*err_ret = -EINVAL;
 		return;
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/card.h b/include/linux/mmc/card.h
index 00db39cceadc9c07c23587957f9874a874de40cb..2ee22e8af11042d9ab266b30300b9a63f9e7d61a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/card.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/card.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ struct mmc_card {
 #define MMC_STATE_READONLY	(1<<1)		/* card is read-only */
 #define MMC_STATE_HIGHSPEED	(1<<2)		/* card is in high speed mode */
 #define MMC_STATE_BLOCKADDR	(1<<3)		/* card uses block-addressing */
+	unsigned int		quirks; 	/* card quirks */
+#define MMC_QUIRK_LENIENT_FN0	(1<<0)		/* allow SDIO FN0 writes outside of the VS CCCR range */
 
 	u32			raw_cid[4];	/* raw card CID */
 	u32			raw_csd[4];	/* raw card CSD */
@@ -132,6 +134,11 @@ struct mmc_card {
 #define mmc_card_set_highspeed(c) ((c)->state |= MMC_STATE_HIGHSPEED)
 #define mmc_card_set_blockaddr(c) ((c)->state |= MMC_STATE_BLOCKADDR)
 
+static inline int mmc_card_lenient_fn0(const struct mmc_card *c)
+{
+	return c->quirks & MMC_QUIRK_LENIENT_FN0;
+}
+
 #define mmc_card_name(c)	((c)->cid.prod_name)
 #define mmc_card_id(c)		(dev_name(&(c)->dev))