diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index 69f0cc68d5b2727412c3b430d0f5eaee99072941..ca67f6923bfd81da669044e000327f4c12180c57 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct idmac_desc {
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMC_DW_IDMAC */
 
 static bool dw_mci_reset(struct dw_mci *host);
+static bool dw_mci_ctrl_reset(struct dw_mci *host, u32 reset);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)
 static int dw_mci_req_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
@@ -448,6 +449,10 @@ static void dw_mci_idmac_start_dma(struct dw_mci *host, unsigned int sg_len)
 
 	dw_mci_translate_sglist(host, host->data, sg_len);
 
+	/* Make sure to reset DMA in case we did PIO before this */
+	dw_mci_ctrl_reset(host, SDMMC_CTRL_DMA_RESET);
+	dw_mci_idmac_reset(host);
+
 	/* Select IDMAC interface */
 	temp = mci_readl(host, CTRL);
 	temp |= SDMMC_CTRL_USE_IDMAC;