diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index 82bab35fff41..13fa640d86d6 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -1190,11 +1190,10 @@ mmci_data_irq(struct mmci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data,
 			/* The error clause is handled above, success! */
 			data->bytes_xfered = data->blksz * data->blocks;
 
-		if (!data->stop || host->mrq->sbc) {
+		if (!data->stop || (host->mrq->sbc && !data->error))
 			mmci_request_end(host, data->mrq);
-		} else {
+		else
 			mmci_start_command(host, data->stop, 0);
-		}
 	}
 }