if (brq.data.blocks > card->host->max_blk_count)
                        brq.data.blocks = card->host->max_blk_count;
 
-               /*
-                * If the host doesn't support multiple block writes, force
-                * block writes to single block. SD cards are excepted from
-                * this rule as they support querying the number of
-                * successfully written sectors.
-                */
-               if (rq_data_dir(req) != READ &&
-                   !(card->host->caps & MMC_CAP_MULTIWRITE) &&
-                   !mmc_card_sd(card))
-                       brq.data.blocks = 1;
-
                if (brq.data.blocks > 1) {
                        /* SPI multiblock writes terminate using a special
                         * token, not a STOP_TRANSMISSION request.
         * mark the known good sectors as ok.
         *
         * If the card is not SD, we can still ok written sectors
-        * if the controller can do proper error reporting.
+        * as reported by the controller (which might be less than
+        * the real number of written sectors, but never more).
         *
         * For reads we just fail the entire chunk as that should
         * be safe in all cases.
         */
-       if (rq_data_dir(req) != READ && mmc_card_sd(card)) {
-               u32 blocks;
-               unsigned int bytes;
-
-               blocks = mmc_sd_num_wr_blocks(card);
-               if (blocks != (u32)-1) {
-                       if (card->csd.write_partial)
-                               bytes = blocks << md->block_bits;
-                       else
-                               bytes = blocks << 9;
+       if (rq_data_dir(req) != READ) {
+               if (mmc_card_sd(card)) {
+                       u32 blocks;
+                       unsigned int bytes;
+
+                       blocks = mmc_sd_num_wr_blocks(card);
+                       if (blocks != (u32)-1) {
+                               if (card->csd.write_partial)
+                                       bytes = blocks << md->block_bits;
+                               else
+                                       bytes = blocks << 9;
+                               spin_lock_irq(&md->lock);
+                               ret = __blk_end_request(req, 0, bytes);
+                               spin_unlock_irq(&md->lock);
+                       }
+               } else {
                        spin_lock_irq(&md->lock);
-                       ret = __blk_end_request(req, 0, bytes);
+                       ret = __blk_end_request(req, 0, brq.data.bytes_xfered);
                        spin_unlock_irq(&md->lock);
                }
-       } else if (rq_data_dir(req) != READ &&
-                  (card->host->caps & MMC_CAP_MULTIWRITE)) {
-               spin_lock_irq(&md->lock);
-               ret = __blk_end_request(req, 0, brq.data.bytes_xfered);
-               spin_unlock_irq(&md->lock);
        }
 
        mmc_release_host(card->host);
 
        unsigned long           caps;           /* Host capabilities */
 
 #define MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA     (1 << 0)        /* Can the host do 4 bit transfers */
-#define MMC_CAP_MULTIWRITE     (1 << 1)        /* Can accurately report bytes sent to card on error */
-#define MMC_CAP_MMC_HIGHSPEED  (1 << 2)        /* Can do MMC high-speed timing */
-#define MMC_CAP_SD_HIGHSPEED   (1 << 3)        /* Can do SD high-speed timing */
-#define MMC_CAP_SDIO_IRQ       (1 << 4)        /* Can signal pending SDIO IRQs */
-#define MMC_CAP_SPI            (1 << 5)        /* Talks only SPI protocols */
-#define MMC_CAP_NEEDS_POLL     (1 << 6)        /* Needs polling for card-detection */
+#define MMC_CAP_MMC_HIGHSPEED  (1 << 1)        /* Can do MMC high-speed timing */
+#define MMC_CAP_SD_HIGHSPEED   (1 << 2)        /* Can do SD high-speed timing */
+#define MMC_CAP_SDIO_IRQ       (1 << 3)        /* Can signal pending SDIO IRQs */
+#define MMC_CAP_SPI            (1 << 4)        /* Talks only SPI protocols */
+#define MMC_CAP_NEEDS_POLL     (1 << 5)        /* Needs polling for card-detection */
 
        /* host specific block data */
        unsigned int            max_seg_size;   /* see blk_queue_max_segment_size */