diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index 63bc74ae2f66..bd6426036c89 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,19 @@ static void sdhci_prepare_data(struct sdhci_host *host, struct mmc_command *cmd)
 	/* Set the DMA boundary value and block size */
 	sdhci_writew(host, SDHCI_MAKE_BLKSZ(host->sdma_boundary, data->blksz),
 		     SDHCI_BLOCK_SIZE);
-	sdhci_writew(host, data->blocks, SDHCI_BLOCK_COUNT);
+
+	/*
+	 * For Version 4.10 onwards, if v4 mode is enabled, 32-bit Block Count
+	 * can be supported, in that case 16-bit block count register must be 0.
+	 */
+	if (host->version >= SDHCI_SPEC_410 && host->v4_mode &&
+	    (host->quirks2 & SDHCI_QUIRK2_USE_32BIT_BLK_CNT)) {
+		if (sdhci_readw(host, SDHCI_BLOCK_COUNT))
+			sdhci_writew(host, 0, SDHCI_BLOCK_COUNT);
+		sdhci_writew(host, data->blocks, SDHCI_32BIT_BLK_CNT);
+	} else {
+		sdhci_writew(host, data->blocks, SDHCI_BLOCK_COUNT);
+	}
 }
 
 static inline bool sdhci_auto_cmd12(struct sdhci_host *host,
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
index 33807fed6b45..9b653136605f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #define SDHCI_DMA_ADDRESS	0x00
 #define SDHCI_ARGUMENT2		SDHCI_DMA_ADDRESS
+#define SDHCI_32BIT_BLK_CNT	SDHCI_DMA_ADDRESS
 
 #define SDHCI_BLOCK_SIZE	0x04
 #define  SDHCI_MAKE_BLKSZ(dma, blksz) (((dma & 0x7) << 12) | (blksz & 0xFFF))
@@ -462,6 +463,13 @@ struct sdhci_host {
  * obtainable timeout.
  */
 #define SDHCI_QUIRK2_DISABLE_HW_TIMEOUT			(1<<17)
+/*
+ * 32-bit block count may not support eMMC where upper bits of CMD23 are used
+ * for other purposes.  Consequently we support 16-bit block count by default.
+ * Otherwise, SDHCI_QUIRK2_USE_32BIT_BLK_CNT can be selected to use 32-bit
+ * block count.
+ */
+#define SDHCI_QUIRK2_USE_32BIT_BLK_CNT			(1<<18)
 
 	int irq;		/* Device IRQ */
 	void __iomem *ioaddr;	/* Mapped address */