diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
index 04ff3c97a535143933acec93caa8483a43f633c6..2ab4788d021f0512082c6bd67d1edaa57ba61379 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ static int omap_hsmmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mmc->max_seg_size = mmc->max_req_size;
 
 	mmc->caps |= MMC_CAP_MMC_HIGHSPEED | MMC_CAP_SD_HIGHSPEED |
-		     MMC_CAP_WAIT_WHILE_BUSY | MMC_CAP_ERASE;
+		     MMC_CAP_WAIT_WHILE_BUSY | MMC_CAP_ERASE | MMC_CAP_CMD23;
 
 	mmc->caps |= mmc_pdata(host)->caps;
 	if (mmc->caps & MMC_CAP_8_BIT_DATA)