diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
index 1842ed341af10e38902f1178f409d645b7301679..de962c2d5e000a834bc40064be3bbe426e55bf5a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
@@ -210,6 +210,15 @@ static void meson_mmc_get_transfer_mode(struct mmc_host *mmc,
 	int i;
 	bool use_desc_chain_mode = true;
 
+	/*
+	 * Broken SDIO with AP6255-based WiFi on Khadas VIM Pro has been
+	 * reported. For some strange reason this occurs in descriptor
+	 * chain mode only. So let's fall back to bounce buffer mode
+	 * for command SD_IO_RW_EXTENDED.
+	 */
+	if (mrq->cmd->opcode == SD_IO_RW_EXTENDED)
+		return;
+
 	for_each_sg(data->sg, sg, data->sg_len, i)
 		/* check for 8 byte alignment */
 		if (sg->offset & 7) {