diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c
index 60a4c97d3d18f9deba2d46abde3cb26e4ffffef4..a0630c32a05c0ae2eae086da5e9f8ce9f99b8e06 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-spear.c
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 					sdhci->data->card_power_gpio);
 			goto err_pgpio_direction;
 		}
-
-		gpio_set_value(sdhci->data->card_power_gpio, 1);
 	}
 
 	if (sdhci->data->card_int_gpio >= 0) {