diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mv_sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/mv_sdhci.c
index f92caeb..1501974 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mv_sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mv_sdhci.c
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@
 		mv_ops.write_b = mv_sdhci_writeb;
 	host->ops = &mv_ops;
 #endif
-	host->version = sdhci_readw(host, SDHCI_HOST_VERSION);
+	if (quirks & SDHCI_QUIRK_REG32_RW)
+		host->version = sdhci_readl(host, SDHCI_HOST_VERSION - 2) >> 16;
+	else
+		host->version = sdhci_readw(host, SDHCI_HOST_VERSION);
 	add_sdhci(host, max_clk, min_clk);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/sdhci.h b/include/sdhci.h
index 0690938..800f9d9 100644
--- a/include/sdhci.h
+++ b/include/sdhci.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
  * quirks
  */
 #define SDHCI_QUIRK_32BIT_DMA_ADDR	(1 << 0)
+#define SDHCI_QUIRK_REG32_RW		(1 << 1)
 
 /* to make gcc happy */
 struct sdhci_host;