diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c
index 6291d5042ef2..39814f3dc96f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c
@@ -1014,8 +1014,7 @@ static int s3cmci_setup_data(struct s3cmci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data)
 	if (host->bus_width == MMC_BUS_WIDTH_4)
 		dcon |= S3C2410_SDIDCON_WIDEBUS;
 
-	if (!(data->flags & MMC_DATA_STREAM))
-		dcon |= S3C2410_SDIDCON_BLOCKMODE;
+	dcon |= S3C2410_SDIDCON_BLOCKMODE;
 
 	if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_WRITE) {
 		dcon |= S3C2410_SDIDCON_TXAFTERRESP;