diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
index fdeaaae08060..d5ca59bd1c99 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ int mmc_cqe_recovery(struct mmc_host *host)
 	cmd.busy_timeout = MMC_CQE_RECOVERY_TIMEOUT;
 	mmc_wait_for_cmd(host, &cmd, MMC_CMD_RETRIES);
 
+	mmc_poll_for_busy(host->card, MMC_CQE_RECOVERY_TIMEOUT, MMC_BUSY_IO);
+
 	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
 	cmd.opcode       = MMC_CMDQ_TASK_MGMT;
 	cmd.arg          = 1; /* Discard entire queue */
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
index ebad70e4481a..b6bb7f7faee2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static int mmc_busy_status(struct mmc_card *card, bool retry_crc_err,
 	u32 status = 0;
 	int err;
 
-	if (host->ops->card_busy) {
+	if (busy_cmd != MMC_BUSY_IO && host->ops->card_busy) {
 		*busy = host->ops->card_busy(host);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ static int mmc_busy_status(struct mmc_card *card, bool retry_crc_err,
 		err = R1_STATUS(status) ? -EIO : 0;
 		break;
 	case MMC_BUSY_HPI:
+	case MMC_BUSY_IO:
 		break;
 	default:
 		err = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.h b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.h
index 632009260e51..e3cbb1ddc31c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ enum mmc_busy_cmd {
 	MMC_BUSY_CMD6,
 	MMC_BUSY_ERASE,
 	MMC_BUSY_HPI,
+	MMC_BUSY_IO,
 };
 
 struct mmc_host;