diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-esdhc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-esdhc.c
index 1f424374bbbb5de29aec74ded1f3137587f8e6de..d74030f3bd126863663410ef0d76e5f52d3b8d7f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-esdhc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-esdhc.c
@@ -785,6 +785,10 @@ static void esdhc_init(struct platform_device *pdev, struct sdhci_host *host)
 	pltfm_host = sdhci_priv(host);
 	esdhc = sdhci_pltfm_priv(pltfm_host);
 
+	val = sdhci_readl(host, ESDHC_TBCTL);
+	val &= ~ESDHC_TB_EN;
+	sdhci_writel(host, val, ESDHC_TBCTL);
+
 	host_ver = sdhci_readw(host, SDHCI_HOST_VERSION);
 	esdhc->vendor_ver = (host_ver & SDHCI_VENDOR_VER_MASK) >>
 			     SDHCI_VENDOR_VER_SHIFT;