diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
index 0253deb153a4..97c6b79b7d6f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
@@ -939,14 +939,7 @@ static void sunxi_mmc_set_ios(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_ios *ios)
 {
 	struct sunxi_mmc_host *host = mmc_priv(mmc);
 
-	if (ios->power_mode == MMC_POWER_OFF)
-		sunxi_mmc_reset_host(host);
-
 	sunxi_mmc_card_power(host, ios);
-
-	if (ios->power_mode == MMC_POWER_UP)
-		sunxi_mmc_init_host(host);
-
 	sunxi_mmc_set_bus_width(host, ios->bus_width);
 	sunxi_mmc_set_clk(host, ios);
 }
@@ -1401,6 +1394,10 @@ static int sunxi_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_free_dma;
 
+	ret = sunxi_mmc_init_host(host);
+	if (ret)
+		goto error_free_dma;
+
 	pm_runtime_set_active(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(&pdev->dev, 50);
 	pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(&pdev->dev);