diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_sys_dmac.c b/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_sys_dmac.c
index 5389c48218820166209a7de463c01084366b1fe4..c3d63edb545e391848eb3cb5b60479df87fa29c0 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_sys_dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_sys_dmac.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static const struct renesas_sdhi_of_data of_rcar_gen2_compatible = {
 	.scc_offset	= 0x0300,
 	.taps		= rcar_gen2_scc_taps,
 	.taps_num	= ARRAY_SIZE(rcar_gen2_scc_taps),
+	.max_blk_count  = 0xffffffff,
 };
 
 /* Definitions for sampling clocks */
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.h b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.h
index 5d141f79e175b2a3690beab69b626a5416efe76d..7c40a7e1fea1c48757efb3639f7d5cecc7fe60e1 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.h
@@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ static inline void sd_ctrl_write32_as_16_and_16(struct tmio_mmc_host *host,
 	iowrite16(val >> 16, host->ctl + ((addr + 2) << host->bus_shift));
 }
 
+static inline void sd_ctrl_write32(struct tmio_mmc_host *host, int addr, u32 val)
+{
+	iowrite32(val, host->ctl + (addr << host->bus_shift));
+}
+
 static inline void sd_ctrl_write32_rep(struct tmio_mmc_host *host, int addr,
 				       const u32 *buf, int count)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_core.c b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_core.c
index dccd899b367111a9a7a425289a73ed261fbdb79e..7d13ca9ea5347cd47abea398dec56000214cf0e8 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_core.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
 #include <linux/mmc/sdio.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/swiotlb.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
@@ -777,7 +778,10 @@ static int tmio_mmc_start_data(struct tmio_mmc_host *host,
 
 	/* Set transfer length / blocksize */
 	sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_SD_XFER_LEN, data->blksz);
-	sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_XFER_BLK_COUNT, data->blocks);
+	if (host->mmc->max_blk_count >= SZ_64K)
+		sd_ctrl_write32(host, CTL_XFER_BLK_COUNT, data->blocks);
+	else
+		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_XFER_BLK_COUNT, data->blocks);
 
 	tmio_mmc_start_dma(host, data);