diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/am335x-evmsk.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/am335x-evmsk.dts
index 9e43c443738a8acedd2c0e160a5b6ddc9e0f6c39..9ba4b18c0cb21711dcd8ef60648a0916914819e7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/am335x-evmsk.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/am335x-evmsk.dts
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@
 	ti,non-removable;
 	bus-width = <4>;
 	cap-power-off-card;
+	keep-power-in-suspend;
 	pinctrl-names = "default";
 	pinctrl-0 = <&mmc2_pins>;