diff --git a/cmd/mmc.c b/cmd/mmc.c
index 8695c19..eb4a547 100644
--- a/cmd/mmc.c
+++ b/cmd/mmc.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
 	printf("\nMMC read: dev # %d, block # %d, count %d ... ",
 	       curr_device, blk, cnt);
 
-	n = blk_dread(&mmc->block_dev, blk, cnt, addr);
+	n = blk_dread(mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc), blk, cnt, addr);
 	/* flush cache after read */
 	flush_cache((ulong)addr, cnt * 512); /* FIXME */
 	printf("%d blocks read: %s\n", n, (n == cnt) ? "OK" : "ERROR");
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
 		printf("Error: card is write protected!\n");
 		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
 	}
-	n = blk_dwrite(&mmc->block_dev, blk, cnt, addr);
+	n = blk_dwrite(mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc), blk, cnt, addr);
 	printf("%d blocks written: %s\n", n, (n == cnt) ? "OK" : "ERROR");
 
 	return (n == cnt) ? CMD_RET_SUCCESS : CMD_RET_FAILURE;
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 		printf("Error: card is write protected!\n");
 		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
 	}
-	n = blk_derase(&mmc->block_dev, blk, cnt);
+	n = blk_derase(mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc), blk, cnt);
 	printf("%d blocks erased: %s\n", n, (n == cnt) ? "OK" : "ERROR");
 
 	return (n == cnt) ? CMD_RET_SUCCESS : CMD_RET_FAILURE;
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
 		printf("mmc%d is current device\n", curr_device);
 	else
 		printf("mmc%d(part %d) is current device\n",
-		       curr_device, mmc->block_dev.hwpart);
+		       curr_device, mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc)->hwpart);
 
 	return CMD_RET_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/Makefile b/drivers/mmc/Makefile
index 585aaf3..6241649 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mmc/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_MMC) += mmc-uclass.o
 
+ifndef CONFIG_BLK
+obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC) += mmc_legacy.o
+endif
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_PL180_MMCI) += arm_pl180_mmci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATMEL_SDHCI) += atmel_sdhci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BCM2835_SDHCI) += bcm2835_sdhci.o
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
index 7322f334..48aedc2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@
 #include <div64.h>
 #include "mmc_private.h"
 
-static struct list_head mmc_devices;
-static int cur_dev_num = -1;
-
-struct blk_desc *mmc_get_blk_desc(struct mmc *mmc)
-{
-	return &mmc->block_dev;
-}
-
 __weak int board_mmc_getwp(struct mmc *mmc)
 {
 	return -1;
@@ -183,25 +175,6 @@
 	return mmc_send_cmd(mmc, &cmd, NULL);
 }
 
-struct mmc *find_mmc_device(int dev_num)
-{
-	struct mmc *m;
-	struct list_head *entry;
-
-	list_for_each(entry, &mmc_devices) {
-		m = list_entry(entry, struct mmc, link);
-
-		if (m->block_dev.devnum == dev_num)
-			return m;
-	}
-
-#if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT)
-	printf("MMC Device %d not found\n", dev_num);
-#endif
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static int mmc_read_blocks(struct mmc *mmc, void *dst, lbaint_t start,
 			   lbaint_t blkcnt)
 {
@@ -261,10 +234,10 @@
 	if (err < 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	if ((start + blkcnt) > mmc->block_dev.lba) {
+	if ((start + blkcnt) > block_dev->lba) {
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT)
 		printf("MMC: block number 0x" LBAF " exceeds max(0x" LBAF ")\n",
-			start + blkcnt, mmc->block_dev.lba);
+			start + blkcnt, block_dev->lba);
 #endif
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -582,7 +555,7 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	mmc->block_dev.lba = lldiv(mmc->capacity, mmc->read_bl_len);
+	mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc)->lba = lldiv(mmc->capacity, mmc->read_bl_len);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1062,6 +1035,7 @@
 	int timeout = 1000;
 	bool has_parts = false;
 	bool part_completed;
+	struct blk_desc *bdesc;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SPI_CRC_ON
 	if (mmc_host_is_spi(mmc)) { /* enable CRC check for spi */
@@ -1358,7 +1332,7 @@
 		mmc->wr_rel_set = ext_csd[EXT_CSD_WR_REL_SET];
 	}
 
-	err = mmc_set_capacity(mmc, mmc->block_dev.hwpart);
+	err = mmc_set_capacity(mmc, mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc)->hwpart);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -1498,31 +1472,32 @@
 	}
 
 	/* fill in device description */
-	mmc->block_dev.lun = 0;
-	mmc->block_dev.hwpart = 0;
-	mmc->block_dev.type = 0;
-	mmc->block_dev.blksz = mmc->read_bl_len;
-	mmc->block_dev.log2blksz = LOG2(mmc->block_dev.blksz);
-	mmc->block_dev.lba = lldiv(mmc->capacity, mmc->read_bl_len);
+	bdesc = mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc);
+	bdesc->lun = 0;
+	bdesc->hwpart = 0;
+	bdesc->type = 0;
+	bdesc->blksz = mmc->read_bl_len;
+	bdesc->log2blksz = LOG2(bdesc->blksz);
+	bdesc->lba = lldiv(mmc->capacity, mmc->read_bl_len);
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || \
 		(defined(CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT) && \
 		!defined(CONFIG_USE_TINY_PRINTF))
-	sprintf(mmc->block_dev.vendor, "Man %06x Snr %04x%04x",
+	sprintf(bdesc->vendor, "Man %06x Snr %04x%04x",
 		mmc->cid[0] >> 24, (mmc->cid[2] & 0xffff),
 		(mmc->cid[3] >> 16) & 0xffff);
-	sprintf(mmc->block_dev.product, "%c%c%c%c%c%c", mmc->cid[0] & 0xff,
+	sprintf(bdesc->product, "%c%c%c%c%c%c", mmc->cid[0] & 0xff,
 		(mmc->cid[1] >> 24), (mmc->cid[1] >> 16) & 0xff,
 		(mmc->cid[1] >> 8) & 0xff, mmc->cid[1] & 0xff,
 		(mmc->cid[2] >> 24) & 0xff);
-	sprintf(mmc->block_dev.revision, "%d.%d", (mmc->cid[2] >> 20) & 0xf,
+	sprintf(bdesc->revision, "%d.%d", (mmc->cid[2] >> 20) & 0xf,
 		(mmc->cid[2] >> 16) & 0xf);
 #else
-	mmc->block_dev.vendor[0] = 0;
-	mmc->block_dev.product[0] = 0;
-	mmc->block_dev.revision[0] = 0;
+	bdesc->vendor[0] = 0;
+	bdesc->product[0] = 0;
+	bdesc->revision[0] = 0;
 #endif
 #if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT)
-	part_init(&mmc->block_dev);
+	part_init(bdesc);
 #endif
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1562,6 +1537,7 @@
 
 struct mmc *mmc_create(const struct mmc_config *cfg, void *priv)
 {
+	struct blk_desc *bdesc;
 	struct mmc *mmc;
 
 	/* quick validation */
@@ -1582,19 +1558,17 @@
 	mmc->dsr_imp = 0;
 	mmc->dsr = 0xffffffff;
 	/* Setup the universal parts of the block interface just once */
-	mmc->block_dev.if_type = IF_TYPE_MMC;
-	mmc->block_dev.devnum = cur_dev_num++;
-	mmc->block_dev.removable = 1;
-	mmc->block_dev.block_read = mmc_bread;
-	mmc->block_dev.block_write = mmc_bwrite;
-	mmc->block_dev.block_erase = mmc_berase;
+	bdesc = mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc);
+	bdesc->if_type = IF_TYPE_MMC;
+	bdesc->removable = 1;
+	bdesc->devnum = mmc_get_next_devnum();
+	bdesc->block_read = mmc_bread;
+	bdesc->block_write = mmc_bwrite;
+	bdesc->block_erase = mmc_berase;
 
 	/* setup initial part type */
-	mmc->block_dev.part_type = mmc->cfg->part_type;
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mmc->link);
-
-	list_add_tail(&mmc->link, &mmc_devices);
+	bdesc->part_type = mmc->cfg->part_type;
+	mmc_list_add(mmc);
 
 	return mmc;
 }
@@ -1664,7 +1638,7 @@
 		return err;
 
 	/* The internal partition reset to user partition(0) at every CMD0*/
-	mmc->block_dev.hwpart = 0;
+	mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc)->hwpart = 0;
 
 	/* Test for SD version 2 */
 	err = mmc_send_if_cond(mmc);
@@ -1744,66 +1718,11 @@
 	return -1;
 }
 
-#if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT)
-
-void print_mmc_devices(char separator)
-{
-	struct mmc *m;
-	struct list_head *entry;
-	char *mmc_type;
-
-	list_for_each(entry, &mmc_devices) {
-		m = list_entry(entry, struct mmc, link);
-
-		if (m->has_init)
-			mmc_type = IS_SD(m) ? "SD" : "eMMC";
-		else
-			mmc_type = NULL;
-
-		printf("%s: %d", m->cfg->name, m->block_dev.devnum);
-		if (mmc_type)
-			printf(" (%s)", mmc_type);
-
-		if (entry->next != &mmc_devices) {
-			printf("%c", separator);
-			if (separator != '\n')
-				puts (" ");
-		}
-	}
-
-	printf("\n");
-}
-
-#else
-void print_mmc_devices(char separator) { }
-#endif
-
-int get_mmc_num(void)
-{
-	return cur_dev_num;
-}
-
 void mmc_set_preinit(struct mmc *mmc, int preinit)
 {
 	mmc->preinit = preinit;
 }
 
-static void do_preinit(void)
-{
-	struct mmc *m;
-	struct list_head *entry;
-
-	list_for_each(entry, &mmc_devices) {
-		m = list_entry(entry, struct mmc, link);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_ADAPTER_IDENT
-		mmc_set_preinit(m, 1);
-#endif
-		if (m->preinit)
-			mmc_start_init(m);
-	}
-}
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_DM_MMC) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
 static int mmc_probe(bd_t *bis)
 {
@@ -1856,9 +1775,9 @@
 		return 0;
 	initialized = 1;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD (&mmc_devices);
-	cur_dev_num = 0;
-
+#ifndef CONFIG_BLK
+	mmc_list_init();
+#endif
 	ret = mmc_probe(bis);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1867,7 +1786,7 @@
 	print_mmc_devices(',');
 #endif
 
-	do_preinit();
+	mmc_do_preinit();
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc_legacy.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc_legacy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ec649f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc_legacy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Google, Inc
+ * Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <mmc.h>
+
+static struct list_head mmc_devices;
+static int cur_dev_num = -1;
+
+struct mmc *find_mmc_device(int dev_num)
+{
+	struct mmc *m;
+	struct list_head *entry;
+
+	list_for_each(entry, &mmc_devices) {
+		m = list_entry(entry, struct mmc, link);
+
+		if (m->block_dev.devnum == dev_num)
+			return m;
+	}
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT)
+	printf("MMC Device %d not found\n", dev_num);
+#endif
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+int mmc_get_next_devnum(void)
+{
+	return cur_dev_num++;
+}
+
+struct blk_desc *mmc_get_blk_desc(struct mmc *mmc)
+{
+	return &mmc->block_dev;
+}
+
+int get_mmc_num(void)
+{
+	return cur_dev_num;
+}
+
+void mmc_do_preinit(void)
+{
+	struct mmc *m;
+	struct list_head *entry;
+
+	list_for_each(entry, &mmc_devices) {
+		m = list_entry(entry, struct mmc, link);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC_ADAPTER_IDENT
+		mmc_set_preinit(m, 1);
+#endif
+		if (m->preinit)
+			mmc_start_init(m);
+	}
+}
+
+void mmc_list_init(void)
+{
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mmc_devices);
+	cur_dev_num = 0;
+}
+
+void mmc_list_add(struct mmc *mmc)
+{
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mmc->link);
+
+	list_add_tail(&mmc->link, &mmc_devices);
+}
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT)
+void print_mmc_devices(char separator)
+{
+	struct mmc *m;
+	struct list_head *entry;
+	char *mmc_type;
+
+	list_for_each(entry, &mmc_devices) {
+		m = list_entry(entry, struct mmc, link);
+
+		if (m->has_init)
+			mmc_type = IS_SD(m) ? "SD" : "eMMC";
+		else
+			mmc_type = NULL;
+
+		printf("%s: %d", m->cfg->name, m->block_dev.devnum);
+		if (mmc_type)
+			printf(" (%s)", mmc_type);
+
+		if (entry->next != &mmc_devices) {
+			printf("%c", separator);
+			if (separator != '\n')
+				puts(" ");
+		}
+	}
+
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
+#else
+void print_mmc_devices(char separator) { }
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc_private.h b/drivers/mmc/mmc_private.h
index d3f6bfe..6ec52fd 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc_private.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc_private.h
@@ -46,4 +46,28 @@
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPL_BUILD */
 
+/**
+ * mmc_get_next_devnum() - Get the next available MMC device number
+ *
+ * @return next available device number (0 = first), or -ve on error
+ */
+int mmc_get_next_devnum(void);
+
+/**
+ * mmc_do_preinit() - Get an MMC device ready for use
+ */
+void mmc_do_preinit(void);
+
+/**
+ * mmc_list_init() - Set up the list of MMC devices
+ */
+void mmc_list_init(void);
+
+/**
+ * mmc_list_add() - Add a new MMC device to the list of devices
+ *
+ * @mmc:	Device to add
+ */
+void mmc_list_add(struct mmc *mmc);
+
 #endif /* _MMC_PRIVATE_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc_write.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc_write.c
index f4d42aa..bd07b20 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc_write.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc_write.c
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@
 	struct mmc_data data;
 	int timeout = 1000;
 
-	if ((start + blkcnt) > mmc->block_dev.lba) {
+	if ((start + blkcnt) > mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc)->lba) {
 		printf("MMC: block number 0x" LBAF " exceeds max(0x" LBAF ")\n",
-		       start + blkcnt, mmc->block_dev.lba);
+		       start + blkcnt, mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc)->lba);
 		return 0;
 	}