diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index fc7cb489bdb7336772b6ac01d5f36afec7fbdacf..c814220d214e7842c9534fc2a5abcffc2e076259 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -1149,6 +1149,8 @@ static int sdhci_get_ro(struct mmc_host *mmc)
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
 
+	if (host->quirks & SDHCI_QUIRK_INVERTED_WRITE_PROTECT)
+		return !!(present & SDHCI_WRITE_PROTECT);
 	return !(present & SDHCI_WRITE_PROTECT);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
index 968d713950f11730c53381feba3fb5e75a20fb8d..6980f2725b8592cdfe928474376f6d28afe8ec85 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ struct sdhci_host {
 #define SDHCI_QUIRK_NO_BUSY_IRQ				(1<<14)
 /* Controller has unreliable card detection */
 #define SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_CARD_DETECTION		(1<<15)
+/* Controller reports inverted write-protect state */
+#define SDHCI_QUIRK_INVERTED_WRITE_PROTECT		(1<<16)
 
 	int			irq;		/* Device IRQ */
 	void __iomem *		ioaddr;		/* Mapped address */