diff --git a/drivers/mmc/atmel_mci.h b/drivers/mmc/atmel_mci.h
index 90ab6a8..3095d22 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/atmel_mci.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/atmel_mci.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ typedef struct atmel_mci {
 	u32	sdcr;	/* 0x0c */
 	u32	argr;	/* 0x10 */
 	u32	cmdr;	/* 0x14 */
-	u32	_18;	/* 0x18 */
+	u32	blkr;	/* 0x18 */
 	u32	_1c;	/* 0x1c */
 	u32	rspr;	/* 0x20 */
 	u32	rspr1;	/* 0x24 */
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ typedef struct atmel_mci {
 #define MMCI_SDCR				0x000c
 #define MMCI_ARGR				0x0010
 #define MMCI_CMDR				0x0014
+#define MMCI_BLKR				0x0018
 #define MMCI_RSPR				0x0020
 #define MMCI_RSPR1				0x0024
 #define MMCI_RSPR2				0x0028
@@ -140,6 +141,12 @@ typedef struct atmel_mci {
 #define MMCI_TRTYP_OFFSET			19
 #define MMCI_TRTYP_SIZE				2
 
+/* Bitfields in BLKR */
+#define MMCI_BCNT_OFFSET			0
+#define MMCI_BCNT_SIZE				16
+#define MMCI_BLKLEN_OFFSET			16
+#define MMCI_BLKLEN_SIZE			16
+
 /* Bitfields in RSPRx */
 #define MMCI_RSP_OFFSET				0
 #define MMCI_RSP_SIZE				32
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/gen_atmel_mci.c b/drivers/mmc/gen_atmel_mci.c
index f346b24..d217574 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/gen_atmel_mci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/gen_atmel_mci.c
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ mci_send_cmd(struct mmc *mmc, struct mmc_cmd *cmd, struct mmc_data *data)
 	/* Figure out the transfer arguments */
 	cmdr = mci_encode_cmd(cmd, data, &error_flags);
 
+	if (data)
+		writel(MMCI_BF(BCNT, data->blocks) |
+			MMCI_BF(BLKLEN,	mmc->read_bl_len), &mci->blkr);
+
 	/* Send the command */
 	writel(cmd->cmdarg, &mci->argr);
 	writel(cmdr, &mci->cmdr);