diff --git a/hw/sd/sdhci-internal.h b/hw/sd/sdhci-internal.h
index 9acafe7b01..c5e26bf8f3 100644
--- a/hw/sd/sdhci-internal.h
+++ b/hw/sd/sdhci-internal.h
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ FIELD(SDHC_ACMD12ERRSTS, INDEX_ERR,    4, 1);
 #define SDHC_CAN_DO_ADMA2              0x00080000
 #define SDHC_CAN_DO_ADMA1              0x00100000
 #define SDHC_64_BIT_BUS_SUPPORT        (1 << 28)
-#define SDHC_CAPAB_BLOCKSIZE(x)        (((x) >> 16) & 0x3)
 FIELD(SDHC_CAPAB, TOCLKFREQ,           0, 6);
 FIELD(SDHC_CAPAB, TOUNIT,              7, 1);
 FIELD(SDHC_CAPAB, BASECLKFREQ,         8, 8);
diff --git a/include/hw/sd/sdhci.h b/include/hw/sd/sdhci.h
index 09b756eb7a..b61953f7c5 100644
--- a/include/hw/sd/sdhci.h
+++ b/include/hw/sd/sdhci.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ typedef struct SDHCIState {
     bool pending_insert_quirk; /* Quirk for Raspberry Pi card insert int */
     uint8_t spec_version;
     struct {
+        uint16_t max_blk_len;
         bool suspend;
         bool high_speed;
         bool sdma;
diff --git a/hw/sd/sdhci.c b/hw/sd/sdhci.c
index d26ea821d0..54c1411d19 100644
--- a/hw/sd/sdhci.c
+++ b/hw/sd/sdhci.c
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
 #define SDHC_CAPAB_64BITBUS       0ul        /* 64-bit System Bus Support */
 #define SDHC_CAPAB_ADMA1          1ul        /* ADMA1 support */
 #define SDHC_CAPAB_ADMA2          1ul        /* ADMA2 support */
-/* Maximum host controller R/W buffers size
- * Possible values: 512, 1024, 2048 bytes */
-#define SDHC_CAPAB_MAXBLOCKLENGTH 512ul
 /* Maximum clock frequency for SDclock in MHz
  * value in range 10-63 MHz, 0 - not defined */
 #define SDHC_CAPAB_BASECLKFREQ    52ul
@@ -62,16 +59,6 @@
 #error Capabilities features can have value 0 or 1 only!
 #endif
 
-#if SDHC_CAPAB_MAXBLOCKLENGTH == 512
-#define MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH 0ul
-#elif SDHC_CAPAB_MAXBLOCKLENGTH == 1024
-#define MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH 1ul
-#elif SDHC_CAPAB_MAXBLOCKLENGTH == 2048
-#define MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH 2ul
-#else
-#error Max host controller block size can have value 512, 1024 or 2048 only!
-#endif
-
 #if (SDHC_CAPAB_BASECLKFREQ > 0 && SDHC_CAPAB_BASECLKFREQ < 10) || \
     SDHC_CAPAB_BASECLKFREQ > 63
 #error SDclock frequency can have value in range 0, 10-63 only!
@@ -83,7 +70,7 @@
 
 #define SDHC_CAPAB_REG_DEFAULT                                 \
    ((SDHC_CAPAB_64BITBUS << 28) | (SDHC_CAPAB_ADMA1 << 20) |   \
-    (SDHC_CAPAB_ADMA2 << 19) | (MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH << 16) |      \
+    (SDHC_CAPAB_ADMA2 << 19) |                                 \
     (SDHC_CAPAB_BASECLKFREQ << 8) | (SDHC_CAPAB_TOUNIT << 7) | \
     (SDHC_CAPAB_TOCLKFREQ))
 
@@ -92,12 +79,20 @@
 static void sdhci_init_capareg(SDHCIState *s, Error **errp)
 {
     uint64_t capareg = 0;
+    uint32_t val;
 
     switch (s->spec_version) {
     case 2: /* default version */
 
     /* fallback */
     case 1:
+        val = ctz32(s->cap.max_blk_len >> 9);
+        if (val >= 0b11) {
+            error_setg(errp, "block size can be 512, 1024 or 2048 only");
+            return;
+        }
+        capareg = FIELD_DP64(capareg, SDHC_CAPAB, MAXBLOCKLENGTH, val);
+
         capareg = FIELD_DP64(capareg, SDHC_CAPAB, HIGHSPEED, s->cap.high_speed);
         capareg = FIELD_DP64(capareg, SDHC_CAPAB, SDMA, s->cap.sdma);
         capareg = FIELD_DP64(capareg, SDHC_CAPAB, SUSPRESUME, s->cap.suspend);
@@ -1173,17 +1168,7 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps sdhci_mmio_ops = {
 
 static inline unsigned int sdhci_get_fifolen(SDHCIState *s)
 {
-    switch (SDHC_CAPAB_BLOCKSIZE(s->capareg)) {
-    case 0:
-        return 512;
-    case 1:
-        return 1024;
-    case 2:
-        return 2048;
-    default:
-        hw_error("SDHC: unsupported value for maximum block size\n");
-        return 0;
-    }
+    return 1 << (9 + FIELD_EX32(s->capareg, SDHC_CAPAB, MAXBLOCKLENGTH));
 }
 
 static void sdhci_init_readonly_registers(SDHCIState *s, Error **errp)
@@ -1314,6 +1299,9 @@ const VMStateDescription sdhci_vmstate = {
 static Property sdhci_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("sd-spec-version", SDHCIState, spec_version, 2),
 
+    /* Maximum host controller R/W buffers size
+     * Possible values: 512, 1024, 2048 bytes */
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("max-block-length", SDHCIState, cap.max_blk_len, 512),
     /* DMA */
     DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("sdma", SDHCIState, cap.sdma, true),
     /* Suspend/resume support */
