diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
index 09311c2bd858..d8f419183144 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 #include "host.h"
 #include "mmc_ops.h"
 
-#define MMC_OPS_TIMEOUT_MS	(10 * 60 * 1000) /* 10 minute timeout */
+#define MMC_OPS_TIMEOUT_MS		(10 * 60 * 1000) /* 10min*/
+#define MMC_BKOPS_TIMEOUT_MS		(120 * 1000) /* 120s */
+#define MMC_CACHE_FLUSH_TIMEOUT_MS	(30 * 1000) /* 30s */
 
 static const u8 tuning_blk_pattern_4bit[] = {
 	0xff, 0x0f, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, 0xcc, 0xc3, 0xcc,
@@ -943,7 +945,7 @@ void mmc_run_bkops(struct mmc_card *card)
 	 * urgent levels by using an asynchronous background task, when idle.
 	 */
 	err = mmc_switch(card, EXT_CSD_CMD_SET_NORMAL,
-			EXT_CSD_BKOPS_START, 1, MMC_OPS_TIMEOUT_MS);
+			 EXT_CSD_BKOPS_START, 1, MMC_BKOPS_TIMEOUT_MS);
 	if (err)
 		pr_warn("%s: Error %d starting bkops\n",
 			mmc_hostname(card->host), err);
@@ -961,7 +963,8 @@ int mmc_flush_cache(struct mmc_card *card)
 
 	if (mmc_cache_enabled(card->host)) {
 		err = mmc_switch(card, EXT_CSD_CMD_SET_NORMAL,
-				EXT_CSD_FLUSH_CACHE, 1, 0);
+				 EXT_CSD_FLUSH_CACHE, 1,
+				 MMC_CACHE_FLUSH_TIMEOUT_MS);
 		if (err)
 			pr_err("%s: cache flush error %d\n",
 					mmc_hostname(card->host), err);