diff --git a/drivers/mmc/atmel_mci.h b/drivers/mmc/atmel_mci.h
index 3095d22e68d8dc34c02dfbf5a504e1ec95740a59..90ab6a8a6d088436ffd9323d59f62b0c35436529 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	blkr;	/* 0x18 */
+	u32	_18;	/* 0x18 */
 	u32	_1c;	/* 0x1c */
 	u32	rspr;	/* 0x20 */
 	u32	rspr1;	/* 0x24 */
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ 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
@@ -141,12 +140,6 @@ 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 d217574b57f7a3b0f34259a5c7616753d838ce28..f346b244be124e0502a9ec172584f4fccee78c2b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/gen_atmel_mci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/gen_atmel_mci.c
@@ -183,10 +183,6 @@ 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);