diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 74c7625ee0dbc3a9b8a98eebf0eef4c607b4add4..03670aa5ac8e5025b107a87e82cacccc97fded32 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -2303,7 +2303,8 @@ static struct mmc_blk_data *mmc_blk_alloc_req(struct mmc_card *card,
 	set_capacity(md->disk, size);
 
 	if (mmc_host_cmd23(card->host)) {
-		if (mmc_card_mmc(card) ||
+		if ((mmc_card_mmc(card) &&
+		     card->csd.mmca_vsn >= CSD_SPEC_VER_3) ||
 		    (mmc_card_sd(card) &&
 		     card->scr.cmds & SD_SCR_CMD23_SUPPORT))
 			md->flags |= MMC_BLK_CMD23;