diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.c
index 3ecd41875fac..faa16b7d9412 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.c
@@ -748,8 +748,11 @@ static void tmio_mmc_set_ios(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_ios *ios)
 static int tmio_mmc_get_ro(struct mmc_host *mmc)
 {
 	struct tmio_mmc_host *host = mmc_priv(mmc);
+	struct mfd_cell	*cell = host->pdev->dev.platform_data;
+	struct tmio_mmc_data *pdata = cell->driver_data;
 
-	return (sd_ctrl_read32(host, CTL_STATUS) & TMIO_STAT_WRPROTECT) ? 0 : 1;
+	return ((pdata->flags & TMIO_MMC_WRPROTECT_DISABLE) ||
+		(sd_ctrl_read32(host, CTL_STATUS) & TMIO_STAT_WRPROTECT)) ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
 static const struct mmc_host_ops tmio_mmc_ops = {
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/tmio.h b/include/linux/mfd/tmio.h
index 360fc953d7bb..feeed0b9ee70 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/tmio.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/tmio.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 		tmio_iowrite16((val) >> 16, (base) + ((reg + 2) << (shift))); \
 	} while (0)
 
+/* tmio MMC platform flags */
+#define TMIO_MMC_WRPROTECT_DISABLE	(1 << 0)
+
 int tmio_core_mmc_enable(void __iomem *cnf, int shift, unsigned long base);
 int tmio_core_mmc_resume(void __iomem *cnf, int shift, unsigned long base);
 void tmio_core_mmc_pwr(void __iomem *cnf, int shift, int state);
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ struct tmio_mmc_dma {
 struct tmio_mmc_data {
 	unsigned int			hclk;
 	unsigned long			capabilities;
+	unsigned long			flags;
 	struct tmio_mmc_dma		*dma;
 	void (*set_pwr)(struct platform_device *host, int state);
 	void (*set_clk_div)(struct platform_device *host, int state);