diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index fb266745f824..e56987522182 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct variant_data {
 	bool			explicit_mclk_control;
 	bool			qcom_fifo;
 	bool			qcom_dml;
+	bool			any_blksize;
 	bool			reversed_irq_handling;
 };
 
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ static struct variant_data variant_ux500v2 = {
 	.pwrreg_clkgate		= true,
 	.busy_detect		= true,
 	.pwrreg_nopower		= true,
+	.any_blksize		= true,
 };
 
 static struct variant_data variant_qcom = {
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ static struct variant_data variant_qcom = {
 	.explicit_mclk_control	= true,
 	.qcom_fifo		= true,
 	.qcom_dml		= true,
+	.any_blksize		= true,
 };
 
 static int mmci_card_busy(struct mmc_host *mmc)
@@ -245,10 +248,11 @@ static int mmci_card_busy(struct mmc_host *mmc)
 static int mmci_validate_data(struct mmci_host *host,
 			      struct mmc_data *data)
 {
+	struct variant_data *variant = host->variant;
+
 	if (!data)
 		return 0;
-
-	if (!is_power_of_2(data->blksz)) {
+	if (!is_power_of_2(data->blksz) && !variant->any_blksize) {
 		dev_err(mmc_dev(host->mmc),
 			"unsupported block size (%d bytes)\n", data->blksz);
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -804,7 +808,6 @@ static void mmci_start_data(struct mmci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data)
 	writel(host->size, base + MMCIDATALENGTH);
 
 	blksz_bits = ffs(data->blksz) - 1;
-	BUG_ON(1 << blksz_bits != data->blksz);
 
 	if (variant->blksz_datactrl16)
 		datactrl = MCI_DPSM_ENABLE | (data->blksz << 16);