u8 *align;
        char *buffer;
        unsigned long flags;
+       bool has_unaligned;
 
        if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_READ)
                direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
        dma_unmap_single(mmc_dev(host->mmc), host->align_addr,
                128 * 4, direction);
 
-       if (data->flags & MMC_DATA_READ) {
+       /* Do a quick scan of the SG list for any unaligned mappings */
+       has_unaligned = false;
+       for_each_sg(data->sg, sg, host->sg_count, i)
+               if (sg_dma_address(sg) & 3) {
+                       has_unaligned = true;
+                       break;
+               }
+
+       if (has_unaligned && data->flags & MMC_DATA_READ) {
                dma_sync_sg_for_cpu(mmc_dev(host->mmc), data->sg,
                        data->sg_len, direction);