diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index 9cfffcecc9eb..a72ca7416138 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -2386,6 +2386,7 @@ 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,