diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
index f9aa8a7deffaff1788955284e3f39dc86f8725a2..87c618904ee2dbf2dcd999415594c8efe4d6dfec 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c
@@ -189,7 +189,12 @@ static inline unsigned int sdio_max_byte_size(struct sdio_func *func)
 {
 	unsigned mval =	min(func->card->host->max_seg_size,
 			    func->card->host->max_blk_size);
-	mval = min(mval, func->max_blksize);
+
+	if (mmc_blksz_for_byte_mode(func->card))
+		mval = min(mval, func->cur_blksize);
+	else
+		mval = min(mval, func->max_blksize);
+
 	return min(mval, 512u); /* maximum size for byte mode */
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/card.h b/include/linux/mmc/card.h
index 2ee22e8af11042d9ab266b30300b9a63f9e7d61a..d02d2c6e0cfe474253a3c183d59219efa3b3af47 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/card.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/card.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ struct mmc_card {
 #define MMC_STATE_BLOCKADDR	(1<<3)		/* card uses block-addressing */
 	unsigned int		quirks; 	/* card quirks */
 #define MMC_QUIRK_LENIENT_FN0	(1<<0)		/* allow SDIO FN0 writes outside of the VS CCCR range */
+#define MMC_QUIRK_BLKSZ_FOR_BYTE_MODE (1<<1)	/* use func->cur_blksize */
+						/* for byte mode */
 
 	u32			raw_cid[4];	/* raw card CID */
 	u32			raw_csd[4];	/* raw card CSD */
@@ -139,6 +141,11 @@ static inline int mmc_card_lenient_fn0(const struct mmc_card *c)
 	return c->quirks & MMC_QUIRK_LENIENT_FN0;
 }
 
+static inline int mmc_blksz_for_byte_mode(const struct mmc_card *c)
+{
+	return c->quirks & MMC_QUIRK_BLKSZ_FOR_BYTE_MODE;
+}
+
 #define mmc_card_name(c)	((c)->cid.prod_name)
 #define mmc_card_id(c)		(dev_name(&(c)->dev))