diff --git a/arch/avr32/boards/atstk1000/atstk1002.c b/arch/avr32/boards/atstk1000/atstk1002.c
index 14dc5a143695..8538ba75ef92 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/boards/atstk1000/atstk1002.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/boards/atstk1000/atstk1002.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
+#include <asm/atmel-mci.h>
+
 #include <asm/arch/at32ap700x.h>
 #include <asm/arch/board.h>
 #include <asm/arch/init.h>
@@ -260,6 +262,21 @@ void __init setup_board(void)
 	at32_setup_serial_console(0);
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_BOARD_ATSTK100X_SW2_CUSTOM
+
+/* MMC card detect requires MACB0 *NOT* be used */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOARD_ATSTK1002_SW6_CUSTOM
+static struct mci_platform_data __initdata mci0_data = {
+	.detect_pin	= GPIO_PIN_PC(14),	/* gpio30/sdcd */
+	.wp_pin		= GPIO_PIN_PC(15),	/* gpio31/sdwp */
+};
+#define MCI_PDATA	&mci0_data
+#else
+#define MCI_PDATA	NULL
+#endif	/* SW6 for sd{cd,wp} routing */
+
+#endif	/* SW2 for MMC signal routing */
+
 static int __init atstk1002_init(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -309,7 +326,7 @@ static int __init atstk1002_init(void)
 	at32_add_device_spi(1, spi1_board_info, ARRAY_SIZE(spi1_board_info));
 #endif
 #ifndef CONFIG_BOARD_ATSTK1002_SW2_CUSTOM
-	at32_add_device_mci(0, NULL);
+	at32_add_device_mci(0, MCI_PDATA);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOARD_ATSTK1002_SW5_CUSTOM
 	set_hw_addr(at32_add_device_eth(1, &eth_data[1]));
diff --git a/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/at32ap700x.c b/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/at32ap700x.c
index 5f30b353a27f..1617048c86c5 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/at32ap700x.c
+++ b/arch/avr32/mach-at32ap/at32ap700x.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
 #include <linux/usb/atmel_usba_udc.h>
 
@@ -1299,7 +1300,7 @@ at32_add_device_mci(unsigned int id, struct mci_platform_data *data)
 
 	if (!data) {
 		data = &_data;
-		memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct mci_platform_data));
+		memset(data, -1, sizeof(struct mci_platform_data));
 		data->detect_pin = GPIO_PIN_NONE;
 		data->wp_pin = GPIO_PIN_NONE;
 	}
@@ -1315,9 +1316,9 @@ at32_add_device_mci(unsigned int id, struct mci_platform_data *data)
 	select_peripheral(PA(14), PERIPH_A, 0);	/* DATA2 */
 	select_peripheral(PA(15), PERIPH_A, 0);	/* DATA3 */
 
-	if (data->detect_pin != GPIO_PIN_NONE)
+	if (gpio_is_valid(data->detect_pin))
 		at32_select_gpio(data->detect_pin, 0);
-	if (data->wp_pin != GPIO_PIN_NONE)
+	if (gpio_is_valid(data->wp_pin))
 		at32_select_gpio(data->wp_pin, 0);
 
 	atmel_mci0_pclk.dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -1852,11 +1853,11 @@ at32_add_device_cf(unsigned int id, unsigned int extint,
 	if (at32_init_ide_or_cf(pdev, data->cs, extint))
 		goto fail;
 
-	if (data->detect_pin != GPIO_PIN_NONE)
+	if (gpio_is_valid(data->detect_pin))
 		at32_select_gpio(data->detect_pin, AT32_GPIOF_DEGLITCH);
-	if (data->reset_pin != GPIO_PIN_NONE)
+	if (gpio_is_valid(data->reset_pin))
 		at32_select_gpio(data->reset_pin, 0);
-	if (data->vcc_pin != GPIO_PIN_NONE)
+	if (gpio_is_valid(data->vcc_pin))
 		at32_select_gpio(data->vcc_pin, 0);
 	/* READY is used as extint, so we can't select it as gpio */
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
index 82bbbe998169..992b4beb757c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #include <asm/arch/board.h>
-#include <asm/arch/gpio.h>
 
 #include "atmel-mci-regs.h"
 
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static int atmci_get_ro(struct mmc_host *mmc)
 	int			read_only = 0;
 	struct atmel_mci	*host = mmc_priv(mmc);
 
-	if (host->wp_pin >= 0) {
+	if (gpio_is_valid(host->wp_pin)) {
 		read_only = gpio_get_value(host->wp_pin);
 		dev_dbg(&mmc->class_dev, "card is %s\n",
 				read_only ? "read-only" : "read-write");
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static void atmci_detect_change(unsigned long data)
 	 * been freed.
 	 */
 	smp_rmb();
-	if (host->detect_pin < 0)
+	if (!gpio_is_valid(host->detect_pin))
 		return;
 
 	enable_irq(gpio_to_irq(host->detect_pin));
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ static int __init atmci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	/* Assume card is present if we don't have a detect pin */
 	host->present = 1;
-	if (host->detect_pin >= 0) {
+	if (gpio_is_valid(host->detect_pin)) {
 		if (gpio_request(host->detect_pin, "mmc_detect")) {
 			dev_dbg(&mmc->class_dev, "no detect pin available\n");
 			host->detect_pin = -1;
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ static int __init atmci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			host->present = !gpio_get_value(host->detect_pin);
 		}
 	}
-	if (host->wp_pin >= 0) {
+	if (gpio_is_valid(host->wp_pin)) {
 		if (gpio_request(host->wp_pin, "mmc_wp")) {
 			dev_dbg(&mmc->class_dev, "no WP pin available\n");
 			host->wp_pin = -1;
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ static int __init atmci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	mmc_add_host(mmc);
 
-	if (host->detect_pin >= 0) {
+	if (gpio_is_valid(host->detect_pin)) {
 		setup_timer(&host->detect_timer, atmci_detect_change,
 				(unsigned long)host);
 
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ static int __exit atmci_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (host) {
 		/* Debugfs stuff is cleaned up by mmc core */
 
-		if (host->detect_pin >= 0) {
+		if (gpio_is_valid(host->detect_pin)) {
 			int pin = host->detect_pin;
 
 			/* Make sure the timer doesn't enable the interrupt */
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ static int __exit atmci_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		mci_readl(host, SR);
 		clk_disable(host->mck);
 
-		if (host->wp_pin >= 0)
+		if (gpio_is_valid(host->wp_pin))
 			gpio_free(host->wp_pin);
 
 		free_irq(platform_get_irq(pdev, 0), host->mmc);