diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c
index 6be89c032debe32f16ad978730b70695a2512aab..fea8bf92efabcd57e2f059bc766cce97eff50b8f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto put_clk;
 	}
 
+	ret = clk_set_rate(sdhci->clk, 50000000);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "Error setting desired clk, clk=%lu\n",
+				clk_get_rate(sdhci->clk));
+
 	if (np) {
 		sdhci->data = sdhci_probe_config_dt(pdev);
 		if (IS_ERR(sdhci->data)) {