diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index 3d4431babc8c..91ef2ede41c5 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -239,24 +239,6 @@ static int mmci_card_busy(struct mmc_host *mmc)
 	return busy;
 }
 
-/*
- * Validate mmc prerequisites
- */
-static int mmci_validate_data(struct mmci_host *host,
-			      struct mmc_data *data)
-{
-	if (!data)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!is_power_of_2(data->blksz)) {
-		dev_err(mmc_dev(host->mmc),
-			"unsupported block size (%d bytes)\n", data->blksz);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void mmci_reg_delay(struct mmci_host *host)
 {
 	/*
@@ -392,6 +374,27 @@ void mmci_dma_setup(struct mmci_host *host)
 	host->use_dma = true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Validate mmc prerequisites
+ */
+static int mmci_validate_data(struct mmci_host *host,
+			      struct mmc_data *data)
+{
+	if (!data)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!is_power_of_2(data->blksz)) {
+		dev_err(mmc_dev(host->mmc),
+			"unsupported block size (%d bytes)\n", data->blksz);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (host->ops && host->ops->validate_data)
+		return host->ops->validate_data(host, data);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int mmci_prep_data(struct mmci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data, bool next)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.h b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.h
index bcf3e8b901d7..ed59baf37f0f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.h
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ struct variant_data {
 
 /* mmci variant callbacks */
 struct mmci_host_ops {
+	int (*validate_data)(struct mmci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data);
 	int (*prep_data)(struct mmci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data,
 			 bool next);
 	void (*unprep_data)(struct mmci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data,