diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/init.c
index 14ff01efc0b1..c413abd26d1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/init.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ int wl1271_chip_specific_init(struct wl1271 *wl)
 	if (wl->chip.id == CHIP_ID_1283_PG20) {
 		u32 host_cfg_bitmap = HOST_IF_CFG_RX_FIFO_ENABLE;
 
-		if (wl->quirks & WL12XX_QUIRK_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGNMENT)
+		if (!(wl->quirks & WL12XX_QUIRK_NO_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGNMENT))
 			/* Enable SDIO padding */
 			host_cfg_bitmap |= HOST_IF_CFG_TX_PAD_TO_SDIO_BLK;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
index 51d519f93d79..b9a3fe497274 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -1323,7 +1323,9 @@ static int wl1271_chip_wakeup(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		ret = wl1271_setup(wl);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
+		wl->quirks |= WL12XX_QUIRK_NO_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGNMENT;
 		break;
+
 	case CHIP_ID_1271_PG20:
 		wl1271_debug(DEBUG_BOOT, "chip id 0x%x (1271 PG20)",
 			     wl->chip.id);
@@ -1331,7 +1333,9 @@ static int wl1271_chip_wakeup(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		ret = wl1271_setup(wl);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
+		wl->quirks |= WL12XX_QUIRK_NO_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGNMENT;
 		break;
+
 	case CHIP_ID_1283_PG20:
 		wl1271_debug(DEBUG_BOOT, "chip id 0x%x (1283 PG20)",
 			     wl->chip.id);
@@ -1340,8 +1344,8 @@ static int wl1271_chip_wakeup(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
 
-		if (wl1271_set_block_size(wl))
-			wl->quirks |= WL12XX_QUIRK_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGNMENT;
+		if (!wl1271_set_block_size(wl))
+			wl->quirks |= WL12XX_QUIRK_NO_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGNMENT;
 		break;
 	case CHIP_ID_1283_PG10:
 	default:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c
index 3a9d2a6b8a09..a07ee8201d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ u8 wl12xx_tx_get_hlid(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif,
 static unsigned int wl12xx_calc_packet_alignment(struct wl1271 *wl,
 						unsigned int packet_length)
 {
-	if (wl->quirks & WL12XX_QUIRK_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGNMENT)
-		return ALIGN(packet_length, WL12XX_BUS_BLOCK_SIZE);
-	else
+	if (wl->quirks & WL12XX_QUIRK_NO_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGNMENT)
 		return ALIGN(packet_length, WL1271_TX_ALIGN_TO);
+	else
+		return ALIGN(packet_length, WL12XX_BUS_BLOCK_SIZE);
 }
 
 static int wl1271_tx_allocate(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
index b7036df5939d..e58e801f7aea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
@@ -669,8 +669,8 @@ size_t wl12xx_copy_fwlog(struct wl1271 *wl, u8 *memblock, size_t maxlen);
 /* Each RX/TX transaction requires an end-of-transaction transfer */
 #define WL12XX_QUIRK_END_OF_TRANSACTION		BIT(0)
 
-/* WL128X requires aggregated packets to be aligned to the SDIO block size */
-#define WL12XX_QUIRK_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGNMENT	BIT(2)
+/* wl127x and SPI don't support SDIO block size alignment */
+#define WL12XX_QUIRK_NO_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGNMENT	BIT(2)
 
 /* Older firmwares did not implement the FW logger over bus feature */
 #define WL12XX_QUIRK_FWLOG_NOT_IMPLEMENTED	BIT(4)