diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci_stm32_sdmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci_stm32_sdmmc.c
index aa8c0ab9efd1..cab3a52879ba 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci_stm32_sdmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci_stm32_sdmmc.c
@@ -23,11 +23,16 @@ struct sdmmc_lli_desc {
 struct sdmmc_idma {
 	dma_addr_t sg_dma;
 	void *sg_cpu;
+	dma_addr_t bounce_dma_addr;
+	void *bounce_buf;
+	bool use_bounce_buffer;
 };
 
 int sdmmc_idma_validate_data(struct mmci_host *host,
 			     struct mmc_data *data)
 {
+	struct sdmmc_idma *idma = host->dma_priv;
+	struct device *dev = mmc_dev(host->mmc);
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	int i;
 
@@ -35,41 +40,69 @@ int sdmmc_idma_validate_data(struct mmci_host *host,
 	 * idma has constraints on idmabase & idmasize for each element
 	 * excepted the last element which has no constraint on idmasize
 	 */
+	idma->use_bounce_buffer = false;
 	for_each_sg(data->sg, sg, data->sg_len - 1, i) {
 		if (!IS_ALIGNED(sg->offset, sizeof(u32)) ||
 		    !IS_ALIGNED(sg->length, SDMMC_IDMA_BURST)) {
-			dev_err(mmc_dev(host->mmc),
+			dev_dbg(mmc_dev(host->mmc),
 				"unaligned scatterlist: ofst:%x length:%d\n",
 				data->sg->offset, data->sg->length);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			goto use_bounce_buffer;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (!IS_ALIGNED(sg->offset, sizeof(u32))) {
-		dev_err(mmc_dev(host->mmc),
+		dev_dbg(mmc_dev(host->mmc),
 			"unaligned last scatterlist: ofst:%x length:%d\n",
 			data->sg->offset, data->sg->length);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto use_bounce_buffer;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+use_bounce_buffer:
+	if (!idma->bounce_buf) {
+		idma->bounce_buf = dmam_alloc_coherent(dev,
+						       host->mmc->max_req_size,
+						       &idma->bounce_dma_addr,
+						       GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!idma->bounce_buf) {
+			dev_err(dev, "Unable to map allocate DMA bounce buffer.\n");
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 	}
 
+	idma->use_bounce_buffer = true;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int _sdmmc_idma_prep_data(struct mmci_host *host,
 				 struct mmc_data *data)
 {
-	int n_elem;
+	struct sdmmc_idma *idma = host->dma_priv;
 
-	n_elem = dma_map_sg(mmc_dev(host->mmc),
-			    data->sg,
-			    data->sg_len,
-			    mmc_get_dma_dir(data));
+	if (idma->use_bounce_buffer) {
+		if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_WRITE) {
+			unsigned int xfer_bytes = data->blksz * data->blocks;
 
-	if (!n_elem) {
-		dev_err(mmc_dev(host->mmc), "dma_map_sg failed\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+			sg_copy_to_buffer(data->sg, data->sg_len,
+					  idma->bounce_buf, xfer_bytes);
+			dma_wmb();
+		}
+	} else {
+		int n_elem;
 
+		n_elem = dma_map_sg(mmc_dev(host->mmc),
+				    data->sg,
+				    data->sg_len,
+				    mmc_get_dma_dir(data));
+
+		if (!n_elem) {
+			dev_err(mmc_dev(host->mmc), "dma_map_sg failed\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -86,8 +119,19 @@ static int sdmmc_idma_prep_data(struct mmci_host *host,
 static void sdmmc_idma_unprep_data(struct mmci_host *host,
 				   struct mmc_data *data, int err)
 {
-	dma_unmap_sg(mmc_dev(host->mmc), data->sg, data->sg_len,
-		     mmc_get_dma_dir(data));
+	struct sdmmc_idma *idma = host->dma_priv;
+
+	if (idma->use_bounce_buffer) {
+		if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_READ) {
+			unsigned int xfer_bytes = data->blksz * data->blocks;
+
+			sg_copy_from_buffer(data->sg, data->sg_len,
+					    idma->bounce_buf, xfer_bytes);
+		}
+	} else {
+		dma_unmap_sg(mmc_dev(host->mmc), data->sg, data->sg_len,
+			     mmc_get_dma_dir(data));
+	}
 }
 
 static int sdmmc_idma_setup(struct mmci_host *host)
@@ -112,6 +156,8 @@ static int sdmmc_idma_setup(struct mmci_host *host)
 		host->mmc->max_segs = SDMMC_LLI_BUF_LEN /
 			sizeof(struct sdmmc_lli_desc);
 		host->mmc->max_seg_size = host->variant->stm32_idmabsize_mask;
+
+		host->mmc->max_req_size = SZ_1M;
 	} else {
 		host->mmc->max_segs = 1;
 		host->mmc->max_seg_size = host->mmc->max_req_size;
@@ -129,8 +175,16 @@ static int sdmmc_idma_start(struct mmci_host *host, unsigned int *datactrl)
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	int i;
 
-	if (!host->variant->dma_lli || data->sg_len == 1) {
-		writel_relaxed(sg_dma_address(data->sg),
+	if (!host->variant->dma_lli || data->sg_len == 1 ||
+	    idma->use_bounce_buffer) {
+		u32 dma_addr;
+
+		if (idma->use_bounce_buffer)
+			dma_addr = idma->bounce_dma_addr;
+		else
+			dma_addr = sg_dma_address(data->sg);
+
+		writel_relaxed(dma_addr,
 			       host->base + MMCI_STM32_IDMABASE0R);
 		writel_relaxed(MMCI_STM32_IDMAEN,
 			       host->base + MMCI_STM32_IDMACTRLR);
