diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
index 301351a5d838..ad2a7a032cdf 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 
 #include <linux/mmc/host.h>
+#include <linux/mmc/sdio.h>
 
 #include <mach/atmel-mci.h>
 #include <linux/atmel-mci.h>
@@ -532,12 +533,17 @@ static u32 atmci_prepare_command(struct mmc_host *mmc,
 	data = cmd->data;
 	if (data) {
 		cmdr |= MCI_CMDR_START_XFER;
-		if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_STREAM)
-			cmdr |= MCI_CMDR_STREAM;
-		else if (data->blocks > 1)
-			cmdr |= MCI_CMDR_MULTI_BLOCK;
-		else
-			cmdr |= MCI_CMDR_BLOCK;
+
+		if (cmd->opcode == SD_IO_RW_EXTENDED) {
+			cmdr |= MCI_CMDR_SDIO_BLOCK;
+		} else {
+			if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_STREAM)
+				cmdr |= MCI_CMDR_STREAM;
+			else if (data->blocks > 1)
+				cmdr |= MCI_CMDR_MULTI_BLOCK;
+			else
+				cmdr |= MCI_CMDR_BLOCK;
+		}
 
 		if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_READ)
 			cmdr |= MCI_CMDR_TRDIR_READ;