diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc_block.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc_block.c
index 198561d21710c0c9139746926ce107d99c93a782..f43cdfcbfd2cdd0ad503b50fe9667b92e81b1512 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc_block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc_block.c
@@ -200,7 +200,13 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 			brq.data.flags |= MMC_DATA_WRITE;
 			brq.data.blocks = 1;
 		}
-		brq.mrq.stop = brq.data.blocks > 1 ? &brq.stop : NULL;
+
+		if (brq.data.blocks > 1) {
+			brq.data.flags |= MMC_DATA_MULTI;
+			brq.mrq.stop = &brq.stop;
+		} else {
+			brq.mrq.stop = NULL;
+		}
 
 		brq.data.sg = mq->sg;
 		brq.data.sg_len = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, brq.data.sg);
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/mmc.h b/include/linux/mmc/mmc.h
index aef6042f8f0ba0366daf02883a316b464a7817bc..86d491b3b73f0147f5fddaca16155c22af2bc59a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/mmc.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/mmc.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct mmc_data {
 #define MMC_DATA_WRITE	(1 << 8)
 #define MMC_DATA_READ	(1 << 9)
 #define MMC_DATA_STREAM	(1 << 10)
+#define MMC_DATA_MULTI	(1 << 11)
 
 	unsigned int		bytes_xfered;