diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index 1c326e4307f4..9728b093f4db 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -2456,6 +2456,7 @@ static struct amba_driver mmci_driver = {
 	.drv		= {
 		.name	= DRIVER_NAME,
 		.pm	= &mmci_dev_pm_ops,
+		.probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
 	},
 	.probe		= mmci_probe,
 	.remove		= mmci_remove,