diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
index ae68bc965ab54376e9fce84d59ffc231a607b421..ac6f971b625f2345616e2140bb74268714512d5e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
@@ -220,15 +220,18 @@ static void esdhc_writel_le(struct sdhci_host *host, u32 val, int reg)
 
 static u16 esdhc_readw_le(struct sdhci_host *host, int reg)
 {
+	struct sdhci_pltfm_host *pltfm_host = sdhci_priv(host);
+	struct pltfm_imx_data *imx_data = pltfm_host->priv;
+
 	if (unlikely(reg == SDHCI_HOST_VERSION)) {
-		u16 val = readw(host->ioaddr + (reg ^ 2));
-		/*
-		 * uSDHC supports SDHCI v3.0, but it's encoded as value
-		 * 0x3 in host controller version register, which violates
-		 * SDHCI_SPEC_300 definition.  Work it around here.
-		 */
-		if ((val & SDHCI_SPEC_VER_MASK) == 3)
-			return --val;
+		reg ^= 2;
+		if (is_imx6q_usdhc(imx_data)) {
+			/*
+			 * The usdhc register returns a wrong host version.
+			 * Correct it here.
+			 */
+			return SDHCI_SPEC_300;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return readw(host->ioaddr + reg);