diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index 9cb60bac1950..782c0ee3c925 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -1223,22 +1223,25 @@ static int sdhci_get_ro(struct mmc_host *mmc)
 {
 	struct sdhci_host *host;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int present;
+	int is_readonly;
 
 	host = mmc_priv(mmc);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
 
 	if (host->flags & SDHCI_DEVICE_DEAD)
-		present = 0;
+		is_readonly = 0;
+	else if (host->ops->get_ro)
+		is_readonly = host->ops->get_ro(host);
 	else
-		present = sdhci_readl(host, SDHCI_PRESENT_STATE);
+		is_readonly = !(sdhci_readl(host, SDHCI_PRESENT_STATE)
+				& SDHCI_WRITE_PROTECT);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
 
-	if (host->quirks & SDHCI_QUIRK_INVERTED_WRITE_PROTECT)
-		return !!(present & SDHCI_WRITE_PROTECT);
-	return !(present & SDHCI_WRITE_PROTECT);
+	/* This quirk needs to be replaced by a callback-function later */
+	return host->quirks & SDHCI_QUIRK_INVERTED_WRITE_PROTECT ?
+		!is_readonly : is_readonly;
 }
 
 static void sdhci_enable_sdio_irq(struct mmc_host *mmc, int enable)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
index bfcd611d7b77..b7b8a3b28b01 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ struct sdhci_ops {
 	unsigned int	(*get_timeout_clock)(struct sdhci_host *host);
 	void (*platform_send_init_74_clocks)(struct sdhci_host *host,
 					     u8 power_mode);
+	unsigned int    (*get_ro)(struct sdhci_host *host);
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_IO_ACCESSORS