diff --git a/features/TESTS/filesystem/multipart_fat_filesystem/main.cpp b/features/TESTS/filesystem/multipart_fat_filesystem/main.cpp
index 0b064a5acc9..47d7b485d2b 100644
--- a/features/TESTS/filesystem/multipart_fat_filesystem/main.cpp
+++ b/features/TESTS/filesystem/multipart_fat_filesystem/main.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,46 @@ void test_read_write() {
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, err);
 }
 
+void test_single_mbr() {
+    int err = bd.init();
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, err);
+
+    const bd_addr_t MBR_OFFSET = 0;
+    const bd_addr_t FAT1_OFFSET = 1;
+    const bd_addr_t FAT2_OFFSET = BLOCK_COUNT/2;
+
+    uint8_t *buffer = (uint8_t *)malloc(BLOCK_SIZE);
+    TEST_ASSERT(buffer);
+
+    // Check that all three header blocks have the 0x55aa signature
+    err = bd.read(buffer, MBR_OFFSET*BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, err);
+    TEST_ASSERT(memcmp(&buffer[BLOCK_SIZE-2], "\x55\xaa", 2) == 0);
+
+    err = bd.read(buffer, FAT1_OFFSET*BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, err);
+    TEST_ASSERT(memcmp(&buffer[BLOCK_SIZE-2], "\x55\xaa", 2) == 0);
+
+    err = bd.read(buffer, FAT2_OFFSET*BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, err);
+    TEST_ASSERT(memcmp(&buffer[BLOCK_SIZE-2], "\x55\xaa", 2) == 0);
+
+    // Check that the headers for both filesystems contain a jump code
+    // indicating they are actual FAT superblocks and not an extra MBR
+    err = bd.read(buffer, FAT1_OFFSET*BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, err);
+    TEST_ASSERT(buffer[0] == 0xe9 || buffer[0] == 0xeb || buffer[0] == 0xe8);
+
+    err = bd.read(buffer, FAT2_OFFSET*BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, err);
+    TEST_ASSERT(buffer[0] == 0xe9 || buffer[0] == 0xeb || buffer[0] == 0xe8);
+
+    free(buffer);
+
+    bd.deinit();
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, err);
+}
+
 
 // Test setup
 utest::v1::status_t test_setup(const size_t number_of_cases) {
@@ -174,6 +214,7 @@ Case cases[] = {
     Case("Testing formating", test_format),
     Case("Testing read write < block", test_read_write<BLOCK_SIZE/2>),
     Case("Testing read write > block", test_read_write<2*BLOCK_SIZE>),
+    Case("Testing for no extra MBRs", test_single_mbr),
 };
 
 Specification specification(test_setup, cases);
diff --git a/features/filesystem/bd/MBRBlockDevice.cpp b/features/filesystem/bd/MBRBlockDevice.cpp
index 02dc35fac4b..8799e1e3fdc 100644
--- a/features/filesystem/bd/MBRBlockDevice.cpp
+++ b/features/filesystem/bd/MBRBlockDevice.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,11 @@ int MBRBlockDevice::init()
     }
 
     // Check for valid entry
-    if (table->entries[_part-1].type == 0x00) {
+    // 0x00 = no entry
+    // 0x05, 0x0f = extended partitions, currently not supported
+    if ((table->entries[_part-1].type == 0x00 ||
+         table->entries[_part-1].type == 0x05 ||
+         table->entries[_part-1].type == 0x0f)) {
         delete[] buffer;
         return BD_ERROR_INVALID_PARTITION;
     }
diff --git a/features/filesystem/fat/FATFileSystem.cpp b/features/filesystem/fat/FATFileSystem.cpp
index ece5be1432e..05e48496090 100644
--- a/features/filesystem/fat/FATFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/features/filesystem/fat/FATFileSystem.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ int FATFileSystem::format(BlockDevice *bd, bd_size_t cluster_size)
 
     // Logical drive number, Partitioning rule, Allocation unit size (bytes per cluster)
     fs.lock();
-    FRESULT res = f_mkfs(fs._fsid, FM_ANY, cluster_size, NULL, 0);
+    FRESULT res = f_mkfs(fs._fsid, FM_ANY | FM_SFD, cluster_size, NULL, 0);
     fs.unlock();
     if (res != FR_OK) {
         return fat_error_remap(res);