diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index a8141ff9be03..bbc0e0bb7128 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -2369,9 +2369,9 @@ static int __sdhci_execute_tuning(struct sdhci_host *host, u32 opcode)
 
 	/*
 	 * Issue opcode repeatedly till Execute Tuning is set to 0 or the number
-	 * of loops reaches 40 times.
+	 * of loops reaches tuning loop count.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_TUNING_LOOP; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < host->tuning_loop_count; i++) {
 		u16 ctrl;
 
 		sdhci_send_tuning(host, opcode);
@@ -3494,6 +3494,7 @@ struct sdhci_host *sdhci_alloc_host(struct device *dev,
 	host->cqe_err_ier = SDHCI_CQE_INT_ERR_MASK;
 
 	host->tuning_delay = -1;
+	host->tuning_loop_count = MAX_TUNING_LOOP;
 
 	host->sdma_boundary = SDHCI_DEFAULT_BOUNDARY_ARG;
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
index 01002cba1359..57bb3e3dca89 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ struct sdhci_host {
 #define SDHCI_TUNING_MODE_3	2
 	/* Delay (ms) between tuning commands */
 	int			tuning_delay;
+	int			tuning_loop_count;
 
 	/* Host SDMA buffer boundary. */
 	u32			sdma_boundary;