diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index 28fb5501aba273be76e6f9610d00dee3d43e9540..a1c8f72ccc21c35e7ffa820081ce1f012db16d22 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -2635,6 +2635,34 @@ static struct dw_mci_board *dw_mci_parse_dt(struct dw_mci *host)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_OF */
 
+static void dw_mci_enable_cd(struct dw_mci *host)
+{
+	struct dw_mci_board *brd = host->pdata;
+	unsigned long irqflags;
+	u32 temp;
+	int i;
+
+	/* No need for CD if broken card detection */
+	if (brd->quirks & DW_MCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_CARD_DETECTION)
+		return;
+
+	/* No need for CD if all slots have a non-error GPIO */
+	for (i = 0; i < host->num_slots; i++) {
+		struct dw_mci_slot *slot = host->slot[i];
+
+		if (IS_ERR_VALUE(mmc_gpio_get_cd(slot->mmc)))
+			break;
+	}
+	if (i == host->num_slots)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&host->irq_lock, irqflags);
+	temp = mci_readl(host, INTMASK);
+	temp  |= SDMMC_INT_CD;
+	mci_writel(host, INTMASK, temp);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->irq_lock, irqflags);
+}
+
 int dw_mci_probe(struct dw_mci *host)
 {
 	const struct dw_mci_drv_data *drv_data = host->drv_data;
@@ -2808,13 +2836,13 @@ int dw_mci_probe(struct dw_mci *host)
 		host->num_slots = ((mci_readl(host, HCON) >> 1) & 0x1F) + 1;
 
 	/*
-	 * Enable interrupts for command done, data over, data empty, card det,
+	 * Enable interrupts for command done, data over, data empty,
 	 * receive ready and error such as transmit, receive timeout, crc error
 	 */
 	mci_writel(host, RINTSTS, 0xFFFFFFFF);
 	mci_writel(host, INTMASK, SDMMC_INT_CMD_DONE | SDMMC_INT_DATA_OVER |
 		   SDMMC_INT_TXDR | SDMMC_INT_RXDR |
-		   DW_MCI_ERROR_FLAGS | SDMMC_INT_CD);
+		   DW_MCI_ERROR_FLAGS);
 	mci_writel(host, CTRL, SDMMC_CTRL_INT_ENABLE); /* Enable mci interrupt */
 
 	dev_info(host->dev, "DW MMC controller at irq %d, "
@@ -2831,6 +2859,9 @@ int dw_mci_probe(struct dw_mci *host)
 			init_slots++;
 	}
 
+	/* Now that slots are all setup, we can enable card detect */
+	dw_mci_enable_cd(host);
+
 	if (init_slots) {
 		dev_info(host->dev, "%d slots initialized\n", init_slots);
 	} else {
@@ -2925,7 +2956,7 @@ int dw_mci_resume(struct dw_mci *host)
 	mci_writel(host, RINTSTS, 0xFFFFFFFF);
 	mci_writel(host, INTMASK, SDMMC_INT_CMD_DONE | SDMMC_INT_DATA_OVER |
 		   SDMMC_INT_TXDR | SDMMC_INT_RXDR |
-		   DW_MCI_ERROR_FLAGS | SDMMC_INT_CD);
+		   DW_MCI_ERROR_FLAGS);
 	mci_writel(host, CTRL, SDMMC_CTRL_INT_ENABLE);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < host->num_slots; i++) {
@@ -2937,6 +2968,10 @@ int dw_mci_resume(struct dw_mci *host)
 			dw_mci_setup_bus(slot, true);
 		}
 	}
+
+	/* Now that slots are all setup, we can enable card detect */
+	dw_mci_enable_cd(host);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dw_mci_resume);