diff --git a/drivers/mmc/arm_pl180_mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/arm_pl180_mmci.c
index 245f48294c15c842a845b157c5a9429ee237dd22..ed296ee0266f96a46c4e610bf639f4e826681e20 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/arm_pl180_mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/arm_pl180_mmci.c
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ int arm_pl180_mmci_init(void)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	dev->b_max = 0;
+
 	mmc_register(dev);
 	debug("registered mmc interface number is:%d\n", dev->block_dev.dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/bfin_sdh.c b/drivers/mmc/bfin_sdh.c
index 31b645937360022fece4b5490f7057613c7586ad..bc9057fa9a5a444c359eb93d34032ec8e19cf384 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/bfin_sdh.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/bfin_sdh.c
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ int bfin_mmc_init(bd_t *bis)
 	mmc->f_min = mmc->f_max >> 9;
 	mmc->block_dev.part_type = PART_TYPE_DOS;
 
+	mmc->b_max = 0;
+
 	mmc_register(mmc);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/davinci_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/davinci_mmc.c
index d5d19ebee30ea679637b71137c3be1132bea7bd9..5d918e6ffcac8139a9dfa28ea344b05a6d06b801 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/davinci_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/davinci_mmc.c
@@ -394,9 +394,8 @@ int davinci_mmc_init(bd_t *bis, struct davinci_mmc *host)
 	mmc->voltages = host->voltages;
 	mmc->host_caps = host->host_caps;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_MBLOCK
 	mmc->b_max = DAVINCI_MAX_BLOCKS;
-#endif
+
 	mmc_register(mmc);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/gen_atmel_mci.c b/drivers/mmc/gen_atmel_mci.c
index 2984d645c9ddab0dfba0f9229eecc52f1d3e20bd..6577925b8ecc558e91b160acc571c6b2690d9c2d 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/gen_atmel_mci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/gen_atmel_mci.c
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ int atmel_mci_init(void *regs)
 	mmc->f_min = get_mci_clk_rate() / (2*256);
 	mmc->f_max = get_mci_clk_rate() / (2*1);
 
+	mmc->b_max = 0;
+
 	mmc_register(mmc);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
index f27b7c79e50e310fc047fbcbf6e4bd19bb03698c..f6d31f58488f427c8099be59e7624533efcd492e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
@@ -243,8 +243,7 @@ mmc_bwrite(int dev_num, ulong start, lbaint_t blkcnt, const void*src)
 		return 0;
 
 	do {
-		cur = (blocks_todo > CONFIG_SYS_MMC_MAX_BLK_COUNT) ?
-		       CONFIG_SYS_MMC_MAX_BLK_COUNT : blocks_todo;
+		cur = (blocks_todo > mmc->b_max) ?  mmc->b_max : blocks_todo;
 		if(mmc_write_blocks(mmc, start, cur, src) != cur)
 			return 0;
 		blocks_todo -= cur;
@@ -320,8 +319,7 @@ static ulong mmc_bread(int dev_num, ulong start, lbaint_t blkcnt, void *dst)
 		return 0;
 
 	do {
-		cur = (blocks_todo > CONFIG_SYS_MMC_MAX_BLK_COUNT) ?
-		       CONFIG_SYS_MMC_MAX_BLK_COUNT : blocks_todo;
+		cur = (blocks_todo > mmc->b_max) ?  mmc->b_max : blocks_todo;
 		if(mmc_read_blocks(mmc, dst, start, cur) != cur)
 			return 0;
 		blocks_todo -= cur;
@@ -1029,6 +1027,8 @@ int mmc_register(struct mmc *mmc)
 	mmc->block_dev.removable = 1;
 	mmc->block_dev.block_read = mmc_bread;
 	mmc->block_dev.block_write = mmc_bwrite;
+	if (!mmc->b_max)
+		mmc->b_max = CONFIG_SYS_MMC_MAX_BLK_COUNT;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD (&mmc->link);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mxcmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/mxcmmc.c
index 59639539f304c43409650de56e3689fc246e191c..ab1fc82fbb68dd3f0d6f90f55b3be916fd8eac56 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mxcmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mxcmmc.c
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@ static int mxcmci_initialize(bd_t *bis)
 	mmc->f_min = imx_get_perclk2() >> 7;
 	mmc->f_max = imx_get_perclk2() >> 1;
 
+	mmc->b_max = 0;
+
 	mmc_register(mmc);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/omap_hsmmc.c
index 6f2280abff91af577644e0249a175702d477524e..dcbde8935a60af85e3edaadd073a4ba1b4236b55 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ int omap_mmc_init(int dev_index)
 	mmc->f_min = 400000;
 	mmc->f_max = 52000000;
 
+	mmc->b_max = 0;
+
 	mmc_register(mmc);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/s5p_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/s5p_mmc.c
index 0323800711ba16104c9b1a092b4e88b5ba70ece6..668c28bded9c0b505235f0828a3c2b8d3ee26de3 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/s5p_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/s5p_mmc.c
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ static int s5p_mmc_initialize(int dev_index, int bus_width)
 
 	mmc_host[dev_index].clock = 0;
 	mmc_host[dev_index].reg = s5p_get_base_mmc(dev_index);
+	mmc->m_bmax = 0;
 	mmc_register(mmc);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/mmc.h b/include/mmc.h
index e0a56d9d23b76501f1d378ce79ec9f2702762cfa..b4197a72f4d7c5868ee9244e82ab36dcd17c1d68 100644
--- a/include/mmc.h
+++ b/include/mmc.h
@@ -283,9 +283,7 @@ struct mmc {
 			struct mmc_cmd *cmd, struct mmc_data *data);
 	void (*set_ios)(struct mmc *mmc);
 	int (*init)(struct mmc *mmc);
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_MBLOCK
 	uint b_max;
-#endif
 };
 
 int mmc_register(struct mmc *mmc);