diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c
index f425ddf91a24..b7c3928cf494 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,6 @@ static int btmrvl_sdio_host_to_card(struct btmrvl_private *priv,
 {
 	struct btmrvl_sdio_card *card = priv->btmrvl_dev.card;
 	int ret = 0;
-	int buf_block_len;
 	int blksz;
 	int i = 0;
 	u8 *buf = NULL;
@@ -1083,9 +1082,13 @@ static int btmrvl_sdio_host_to_card(struct btmrvl_private *priv,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	blksz = DIV_ROUND_UP(nb, SDIO_BLOCK_SIZE) * SDIO_BLOCK_SIZE;
+
 	buf = payload;
-	if ((unsigned long) payload & (BTSDIO_DMA_ALIGN - 1)) {
-		tmpbufsz = ALIGN_SZ(nb, BTSDIO_DMA_ALIGN);
+	if ((unsigned long) payload & (BTSDIO_DMA_ALIGN - 1) ||
+	    nb < blksz) {
+		tmpbufsz = ALIGN_SZ(blksz, BTSDIO_DMA_ALIGN) +
+			   BTSDIO_DMA_ALIGN;
 		tmpbuf = kzalloc(tmpbufsz, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!tmpbuf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1093,15 +1096,12 @@ static int btmrvl_sdio_host_to_card(struct btmrvl_private *priv,
 		memcpy(buf, payload, nb);
 	}
 
-	blksz = SDIO_BLOCK_SIZE;
-	buf_block_len = DIV_ROUND_UP(nb, blksz);
-
 	sdio_claim_host(card->func);
 
 	do {
 		/* Transfer data to card */
 		ret = sdio_writesb(card->func, card->ioport, buf,
-				   buf_block_len * blksz);
+				   blksz);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			i++;
 			BT_ERR("i=%d writesb failed: %d", i, ret);