diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
index b8b771b643cc8bfc9fb685d53936cd614104846c..016a6106151a5bcdd75a66483ed2d57842c69124 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ static void meson_mmc_get_transfer_mode(struct mmc_host *mmc,
 	if (host->dram_access_quirk)
 		return;
 
-	if (data->blocks > 1) {
+	/* SD_IO_RW_EXTENDED (CMD53) can also use block mode under the hood */
+	if (data->blocks > 1 || mrq->cmd->opcode == SD_IO_RW_EXTENDED) {
 		/*
 		 * In block mode DMA descriptor format, "length" field indicates
 		 * number of blocks and there is no way to pass DMA size that
@@ -258,7 +259,9 @@ static void meson_mmc_get_transfer_mode(struct mmc_host *mmc,
 	for_each_sg(data->sg, sg, data->sg_len, i) {
 		/* check for 8 byte alignment */
 		if (sg->offset % 8) {
-			WARN_ONCE(1, "unaligned scatterlist buffer\n");
+			dev_warn_once(mmc_dev(mmc),
+				      "unaligned sg offset %u, disabling descriptor DMA for transfer\n",
+				      sg->offset);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci-gli.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci-gli.c
index 592d79082f58cd71767095b96fe774ebf60ad1a6..061618aa247f5d1865b22959d558aab77218c91d 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci-gli.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci-gli.c
@@ -627,8 +627,13 @@ static void sdhci_gli_voltage_switch(struct sdhci_host *host)
 	 *
 	 * Wait 5ms after set 1.8V signal enable in Host Control 2 register
 	 * to ensure 1.8V signal enable bit is set by GL9750/GL9755.
+	 *
+	 * ...however, the controller in the NUC10i3FNK4 (a 9755) requires
+	 * slightly longer than 5ms before the control register reports that
+	 * 1.8V is ready, and far longer still before the card will actually
+	 * work reliably.
 	 */
-	usleep_range(5000, 5500);
+	usleep_range(100000, 110000);
 }
 
 static void sdhci_gl9750_reset(struct sdhci_host *host, u8 mask)