diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index 94d8fe32126013281e1a0901b549cf550734952a..c04a5769e2ead5b436466f7a4aa4780ef98a010f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -1112,11 +1112,15 @@ static void dw_mci_submit_data(struct dw_mci *host, struct mmc_data *data)
 		mci_writel(host, CTRL, temp);
 
 		/*
-		 * Use the initial fifoth_val for PIO mode.
+		 * Use the initial fifoth_val for PIO mode. If wm_algined
+		 * is set, we set watermark same as data size.
 		 * If next issued data may be transfered by DMA mode,
 		 * prev_blksz should be invalidated.
 		 */
-		mci_writel(host, FIFOTH, host->fifoth_val);
+		if (host->wm_aligned)
+			dw_mci_adjust_fifoth(host, data);
+		else
+			mci_writel(host, FIFOTH, host->fifoth_val);
 		host->prev_blksz = 0;
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -2978,6 +2982,9 @@ static struct dw_mci_board *dw_mci_parse_dt(struct dw_mci *host)
 
 	of_property_read_u32(np, "data-addr", &host->data_addr_override);
 
+	if (of_get_property(np, "fifo-watermark-aligned", NULL))
+		host->wm_aligned = true;
+
 	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "clock-frequency", &clock_frequency))
 		pdata->bus_hz = clock_frequency;
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h
index e08e3272a5ad82a110ba5dcc0bc7e0b9ec8ae504..ce347361f3dcb435e7bd5b9dccf06319b4a8d18a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ struct dw_mci_dma_slave {
  * @slot: Slots sharing this MMC controller.
  * @fifo_depth: depth of FIFO.
  * @data_addr_override: override fifo reg offset with this value.
+ * @wm_aligned: force fifo watermark equal with data length in PIO mode.
+ *	Set as true if alignment is needed.
  * @data_shift: log2 of FIFO item size.
  * @part_buf_start: Start index in part_buf.
  * @part_buf_count: Bytes of partial data in part_buf.
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ struct dw_mci {
 	void __iomem		*regs;
 	void __iomem		*fifo_reg;
 	u32			data_addr_override;
+	bool			wm_aligned;
 
 	struct scatterlist	*sg;
 	struct sg_mapping_iter	sg_miter;