diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
index 952fa4063ff8..d0df054b0b47 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -1512,6 +1512,36 @@ static void omap_hsmmc_init_card(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_card *card)
 
 	if (mmc_pdata(host)->init_card)
 		mmc_pdata(host)->init_card(card);
+	else if (card->type == MMC_TYPE_SDIO ||
+		 card->type == MMC_TYPE_SD_COMBO) {
+		struct device_node *np = mmc_dev(mmc)->of_node;
+
+		/*
+		 * REVISIT: should be moved to sdio core and made more
+		 * general e.g. by expanding the DT bindings of child nodes
+		 * to provide a mechanism to provide this information:
+		 * Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc-card.txt
+		 */
+
+		np = of_get_compatible_child(np, "ti,wl1251");
+		if (np) {
+			/*
+			 * We have TI wl1251 attached to MMC3. Pass this
+			 * information to the SDIO core because it can't be
+			 * probed by normal methods.
+			 */
+
+			dev_info(host->dev, "found wl1251\n");
+			card->quirks |= MMC_QUIRK_NONSTD_SDIO;
+			card->cccr.wide_bus = 1;
+			card->cis.vendor = 0x104c;
+			card->cis.device = 0x9066;
+			card->cis.blksize = 512;
+			card->cis.max_dtr = 24000000;
+			card->ocr = 0x80;
+			of_node_put(np);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static void omap_hsmmc_enable_sdio_irq(struct mmc_host *mmc, int enable)