diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/ti-omap-hsmmc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/ti-omap-hsmmc.txt
index 0233ba7951e5..76bf087bc889 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/ti-omap-hsmmc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/ti-omap-hsmmc.txt
@@ -57,3 +57,56 @@ Examples:
 			&edma 25>;
 		dma-names = "tx", "rx";
 	};
+
+[workaround for missing swakeup on am33xx]
+
+This SOC is missing the swakeup line, it will not detect SDIO irq
+while in suspend.
+
+                             ------
+                             | PRCM |
+                              ------
+                               ^ |
+                       swakeup | | fclk
+                               | v
+       ------                -------               -----
+      | card | -- CIRQ -->  | hsmmc | -- IRQ -->  | CPU |
+       ------                -------               -----
+
+In suspend the fclk is off and the module is disfunctional. Even register reads
+will fail. A small logic in the host will request fclk restore, when an
+external event is detected. Once the clock is restored, the host detects the
+event normally. Since am33xx doesn't have this line it never wakes from
+suspend.
+
+The workaround is to reconfigure the dat1 line as a GPIO upon suspend. To make
+this work, we need to set the named pinctrl states "default" and "idle".
+Prepare idle to remux dat1 as a gpio, and default to remux it back as sdio
+dat1. The MMC driver will then toggle between idle and default state during
+runtime.
+
+In summary:
+1. select matching 'compatible' section, see example below.
+2. specify pinctrl states "default" and "idle", "sleep" is optional.
+3. specify the gpio irq used for detecting sdio irq in suspend
+
+If configuration is incomplete, a warning message is emitted "falling back to
+polling". Also check the "sdio irq mode" in /sys/kernel/debug/mmc0/regs. Mind
+not every application needs SDIO irq, e.g. MMC cards.
+
+	mmc1: mmc@48060100 {
+		compatible = "ti,am33xx-hsmmc";
+		...
+		pinctrl-names = "default", "idle", "sleep"
+		pinctrl-0 = <&mmc1_pins>;
+		pinctrl-1 = <&mmc1_idle>;
+		pinctrl-2 = <&mmc1_sleep>;
+		...
+		interrupts-extended = <&intc 64 &gpio2 28 0>;
+	};
+
+	mmc1_idle : pinmux_cirq_pin {
+		pinctrl-single,pins = <
+		        0x0f8 0x3f      /* GPIO2_28 */
+		>;
+	};
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
index 5167e55c0849..965672663ef0 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -1754,15 +1754,33 @@ static int omap_hsmmc_configure_wake_irq(struct omap_hsmmc_host *host)
 	 * and need to remux SDIO DAT1 to GPIO for wake-up from idle.
 	 */
 	if (host->pdata->controller_flags & OMAP_HSMMC_SWAKEUP_MISSING) {
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		devm_free_irq(host->dev, host->wake_irq, host);
-		goto err;
+		struct pinctrl *p = devm_pinctrl_get(host->dev);
+		if (!p) {
+			ret = -ENODEV;
+			goto err_free_irq;
+		}
+		if (IS_ERR(pinctrl_lookup_state(p, PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT))) {
+			dev_info(host->dev, "missing default pinctrl state\n");
+			devm_pinctrl_put(p);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_free_irq;
+		}
+
+		if (IS_ERR(pinctrl_lookup_state(p, PINCTRL_STATE_IDLE))) {
+			dev_info(host->dev, "missing idle pinctrl state\n");
+			devm_pinctrl_put(p);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_free_irq;
+		}
+		devm_pinctrl_put(p);
 	}
 
 	OMAP_HSMMC_WRITE(host->base, HCTL,
 			 OMAP_HSMMC_READ(host->base, HCTL) | IWE);
 	return 0;
 
+err_free_irq:
+	devm_free_irq(host->dev, host->wake_irq, host);
 err:
 	dev_warn(host->dev, "no SDIO IRQ support, falling back to polling\n");
 	host->wake_irq = 0;