diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
index 3196943..03c53b7 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@
 	struct device_node *np;
 	u32 bus_width;
 	int len, ret;
+	bool cap_invert, gpio_invert;
 
 	if (!host->parent || !host->parent->of_node)
 		return 0;
@@ -359,12 +360,15 @@
 		host->caps |= MMC_CAP_NONREMOVABLE;
 	} else {
 		if (of_property_read_bool(np, "cd-inverted"))
-			host->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_CD_ACTIVE_HIGH;
+			cap_invert = true;
+		else
+			cap_invert = false;
 
 		if (of_find_property(np, "broken-cd", &len))
 			host->caps |= MMC_CAP_NEEDS_POLL;
 
-		ret = mmc_gpiod_request_cd(host, "cd", 0, false, 0);
+		ret = mmc_gpiod_request_cd(host, "cd", 0, true,
+					   0, &gpio_invert);
 		if (ret) {
 			if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
 				return ret;
@@ -375,13 +379,29 @@
 			}
 		} else
 			dev_info(host->parent, "Got CD GPIO\n");
+
+		/*
+		 * There are two ways to flag that the CD line is inverted:
+		 * through the cd-inverted flag and by the GPIO line itself
+		 * being inverted from the GPIO subsystem. This is a leftover
+		 * from the times when the GPIO subsystem did not make it
+		 * possible to flag a line as inverted.
+		 *
+		 * If the capability on the host AND the GPIO line are
+		 * both inverted, the end result is that the CD line is
+		 * not inverted.
+		 */
+		if (cap_invert ^ gpio_invert)
+			host->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_CD_ACTIVE_HIGH;
 	}
 
 	/* Parse Write Protection */
 	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "wp-inverted"))
-		host->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_RO_ACTIVE_HIGH;
+		cap_invert = true;
+	else
+		cap_invert = false;
 
-	ret = mmc_gpiod_request_ro(host, "wp", 0, false, 0);
+	ret = mmc_gpiod_request_ro(host, "wp", 0, false, 0, &gpio_invert);
 	if (ret) {
 		if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
 			goto out;
@@ -393,6 +413,10 @@
 	} else
 		dev_info(host->parent, "Got WP GPIO\n");
 
+	/* See the comment on CD inversion above */
+	if (cap_invert ^ gpio_invert)
+		host->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_RO_ACTIVE_HIGH;
+
 	if (of_find_property(np, "cap-sd-highspeed", &len))
 		host->caps |= MMC_CAP_SD_HIGHSPEED;
 	if (of_find_property(np, "cap-mmc-highspeed", &len))
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/slot-gpio.c b/drivers/mmc/core/slot-gpio.c
index 38f7655..69bbf2a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/slot-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/slot-gpio.c
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@
  * @idx: index of the GPIO to obtain in the consumer
  * @override_active_level: ignore %GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW flag
  * @debounce: debounce time in microseconds
+ * @gpio_invert: will return whether the GPIO line is inverted or not, set
+ * to NULL to ignore
  *
  * Use this function in place of mmc_gpio_request_cd() to use the GPIO
  * descriptor API.  Note that it is paired with mmc_gpiod_free_cd() not
@@ -291,7 +293,7 @@
  */
 int mmc_gpiod_request_cd(struct mmc_host *host, const char *con_id,
 			 unsigned int idx, bool override_active_level,
-			 unsigned int debounce)
+			 unsigned int debounce, bool *gpio_invert)
 {
 	struct mmc_gpio *ctx;
 	struct gpio_desc *desc;
@@ -316,6 +318,9 @@
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (gpio_invert)
+		*gpio_invert = !gpiod_is_active_low(desc);
+
 	ctx->override_cd_active_level = override_active_level;
 	ctx->cd_gpio = desc;
 
@@ -330,6 +335,8 @@
  * @idx: index of the GPIO to obtain in the consumer
  * @override_active_level: ignore %GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW flag
  * @debounce: debounce time in microseconds
+ * @gpio_invert: will return whether the GPIO line is inverted or not,
+ * set to NULL to ignore
  *
  * Use this function in place of mmc_gpio_request_ro() to use the GPIO
  * descriptor API.  Note that it is paired with mmc_gpiod_free_ro() not
@@ -339,7 +346,7 @@
  */
 int mmc_gpiod_request_ro(struct mmc_host *host, const char *con_id,
 			 unsigned int idx, bool override_active_level,
-			 unsigned int debounce)
+			 unsigned int debounce, bool *gpio_invert)
 {
 	struct mmc_gpio *ctx;
 	struct gpio_desc *desc;
@@ -364,6 +371,9 @@
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (gpio_invert)
+		*gpio_invert = !gpiod_is_active_low(desc);
+
 	ctx->override_ro_active_level = override_active_level;
 	ctx->ro_gpio = desc;
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index c9dafed..43af791 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@
 	 * silently of these do not exist and proceed to try platform data
 	 */
 	if (!np) {
-		ret = mmc_gpiod_request_cd(mmc, "cd", 0, false, 0);
+		ret = mmc_gpiod_request_cd(mmc, "cd", 0, false, 0, NULL);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
 				goto clk_disable;
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		ret = mmc_gpiod_request_ro(mmc, "wp", 0, false, 0);
+		ret = mmc_gpiod_request_ro(mmc, "wp", 0, false, 0, NULL);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
 				goto clk_disable;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
index 3483c08..327bc24 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-acpi.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 	if (sdhci_acpi_flag(c, SDHCI_ACPI_SD_CD)) {
 		bool v = sdhci_acpi_flag(c, SDHCI_ACPI_SD_CD_OVERRIDE_LEVEL);
 
-		if (mmc_gpiod_request_cd(host->mmc, NULL, 0, v, 0)) {
+		if (mmc_gpiod_request_cd(host->mmc, NULL, 0, v, 0, NULL)) {
 			dev_warn(dev, "failed to setup card detect gpio\n");
 			c->use_runtime_pm = false;
 		}