diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index 049f8e3676ac..356833a606d5 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -1535,9 +1535,10 @@ static irqreturn_t mmci_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		}
 
 		/*
-		 * Don't poll for busy completion in irq context.
+		 * Busy detection has been handled by mmci_cmd_irq() above.
+		 * Clear the status bit to prevent polling in IRQ context.
 		 */
-		if (host->variant->busy_detect && host->busy_status)
+		if (host->variant->busy_detect_flag)
 			status &= ~host->variant->busy_detect_flag;
 
 		ret = 1;