diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 47bc87d..3bdbe50 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -589,6 +589,14 @@
 	struct mmc_card *card;
 	int err = 0, ioc_err = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * The caller must have CAP_SYS_RAWIO, and must be calling this on the
+	 * whole block device, not on a partition.  This prevents overspray
+	 * between sibling partitions.
+	 */
+	if ((!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) || (bdev != bdev->bd_contains))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	idata = mmc_blk_ioctl_copy_from_user(ic_ptr);
 	if (IS_ERR(idata))
 		return PTR_ERR(idata);
@@ -631,6 +639,14 @@
 	int i, err = 0, ioc_err = 0;
 	__u64 num_of_cmds;
 
+	/*
+	 * The caller must have CAP_SYS_RAWIO, and must be calling this on the
+	 * whole block device, not on a partition.  This prevents overspray
+	 * between sibling partitions.
+	 */
+	if ((!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) || (bdev != bdev->bd_contains))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (copy_from_user(&num_of_cmds, &user->num_of_cmds,
 			   sizeof(num_of_cmds)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -688,14 +704,6 @@
 static int mmc_blk_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 	unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	/*
-	 * The caller must have CAP_SYS_RAWIO, and must be calling this on the
-	 * whole block device, not on a partition.  This prevents overspray
-	 * between sibling partitions.
-	 */
-	if ((!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) || (bdev != bdev->bd_contains))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case MMC_IOC_CMD:
 		return mmc_blk_ioctl_cmd(bdev,