diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-omap.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-omap.c
index 882053151a47..c4978177ef88 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-omap.c
@@ -1192,6 +1192,9 @@ static int sdhci_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (of_find_property(dev->of_node, "dmas", NULL))
 		sdhci_switch_external_dma(host, true);
 
+	/* R1B responses is required to properly manage HW busy detection. */
+	mmc->caps |= MMC_CAP_NEED_RSP_BUSY;
+
 	ret = sdhci_setup_host(host);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_put_sync;