diff --git a/board/freescale/common/qixis.h b/board/freescale/common/qixis.h
index 51ce9c328de10e8d21eb1741307bf37405b0c8f4..450cd0ddbd553b4a20b8a8ddb1e9dd751abee7b2 100644
--- a/board/freescale/common/qixis.h
+++ b/board/freescale/common/qixis.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ void qixis_write_i2c(unsigned int reg, u8 value);
 #define QIXIS_ESDHC_NO_ADAPTER                  0x7	/* No Card is Present*/
 #define QIXIS_SDCLKIN		0x08
 #define QIXIS_SDCLKOUT		0x02
+#define QIXIS_DAT5_6_7		0X02
+#define QIXIS_DAT4		0X01
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c b/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c
index f36b794969b45373ef1c3b3a0e9a9b6a7306afc1..5c20627c1c18da0c99a8dbc1db2bf856223732d2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c
@@ -748,6 +748,9 @@ void mmc_adapter_card_type_ident(void)
 
 	switch (card_id) {
 	case QIXIS_ESDHC_ADAPTER_TYPE_EMMC45:
+		value = QIXIS_READ(brdcfg[5]);
+		value |= (QIXIS_DAT4 | QIXIS_DAT5_6_7);
+		QIXIS_WRITE(brdcfg[5], value);
 		break;
 	case QIXIS_ESDHC_ADAPTER_TYPE_SDMMC_LEGACY:
 		break;