diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index 8da164bef0480d30b499190b92eaf032d1084e00..f34ec5d6bccf3d30292cd8f540466b7996402604 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -1159,6 +1159,11 @@ static void sdhci_set_ios(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_ios *ios)
 
 	ctrl = sdhci_readb(host, SDHCI_HOST_CONTROL);
 
+	if (ios->bus_width == MMC_BUS_WIDTH_8)
+		ctrl |= SDHCI_CTRL_8BITBUS;
+	else
+		ctrl &= ~SDHCI_CTRL_8BITBUS;
+
 	if (ios->bus_width == MMC_BUS_WIDTH_4)
 		ctrl |= SDHCI_CTRL_4BITBUS;
 	else
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
index b1839a315b8606e7a37e7a075c60704e605afe57..030de492880eebd58c7cc36ca26507834f4aec59 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 #define   SDHCI_CTRL_ADMA1	0x08
 #define   SDHCI_CTRL_ADMA32	0x10
 #define   SDHCI_CTRL_ADMA64	0x18
+#define  SDHCI_CTRL_8BITBUS	0x20
 
 #define SDHCI_POWER_CONTROL	0x29
 #define  SDHCI_POWER_ON		0x01