diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c
index 2051ef06e9ecbf3650051495acb4e68c12add062..7409c3468e2521fb33ade88adf84159b3abc02c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
 #include <linux/mmc/sdio_func.h>
 #include <linux/mmc/sdio_ids.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/spi/wl12xx.h>
 
 #include "wl1251.h"
 
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@
 #define SDIO_DEVICE_ID_TI_WL1251	0x9066
 #endif
 
+static struct wl12xx_platform_data *wl12xx_board_data;
+
 static struct sdio_func *wl_to_func(struct wl1251 *wl)
 {
 	return wl->if_priv;
@@ -144,6 +148,30 @@ static const struct wl1251_if_operations wl1251_sdio_ops = {
 	.disable_irq = wl1251_sdio_disable_irq,
 };
 
+static int wl1251_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	if (pdev->id != -1) {
+		wl1251_error("can only handle single device");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	wl12xx_board_data = pdev->dev.platform_data;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dummy platform_driver for passing platform_data to this driver,
+ * until we have a way to pass this through SDIO subsystem or
+ * some other way.
+ */
+static struct platform_driver wl1251_platform_driver = {
+	.driver = {
+		.name	= "wl1251_data",
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+	},
+	.probe	= wl1251_platform_probe,
+};
+
 static int wl1251_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
 			     const struct sdio_device_id *id)
 {
@@ -169,6 +197,11 @@ static int wl1251_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
 	wl->if_ops = &wl1251_sdio_ops;
 	wl->set_power = wl1251_sdio_set_power;
 
+	if (wl12xx_board_data != NULL) {
+		wl->set_power = wl12xx_board_data->set_power;
+		wl->use_eeprom = wl12xx_board_data->use_eeprom;
+	}
+
 	sdio_release_host(func);
 	ret = wl1251_init_ieee80211(wl);
 	if (ret)
@@ -208,6 +241,12 @@ static int __init wl1251_sdio_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	err = platform_driver_register(&wl1251_platform_driver);
+	if (err) {
+		wl1251_error("failed to register platform driver: %d", err);
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	err = sdio_register_driver(&wl1251_sdio_driver);
 	if (err)
 		wl1251_error("failed to register sdio driver: %d", err);
@@ -217,6 +256,7 @@ static int __init wl1251_sdio_init(void)
 static void __exit wl1251_sdio_exit(void)
 {
 	sdio_unregister_driver(&wl1251_sdio_driver);
+	platform_driver_unregister(&wl1251_platform_driver);
 	wl1251_notice("unloaded");
 }