diff --git a/drivers/mci/mmci.c b/drivers/mci/mmci.c
index 9d1e858..7489ee0 100644
--- a/drivers/mci/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mci/mmci.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 	struct variant_data *variant = host->variant;
 
 	do {
-		int count = readl(base + MMCIFIFOCNT) << 2;
+		int count = host_remain - (readl(base + MMCIFIFOCNT) << 2);
 
 		if (count > host_remain)
 			count = host_remain;
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@
 	dev_dbg(host->hw_dev, "read_bytes: blkcount=%u blksize=%u\n", blkcount, blksize);
 
 	do {
-		mmci_writel(host, MMCIDATACTRL, mmci_readl(host, MMCIDATACTRL));
 		len = mmci_pio_read(host, dest, xfercount);
 		xfercount -= len;
 		dest += len;