diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-omap.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-omap.c
index d5c1a9c71f95..2232a9974b21 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-omap.c
@@ -715,7 +715,8 @@ static const struct sdhci_pltfm_data sdhci_omap_pdata = {
 		  SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_ADMA_ZEROLEN_DESC,
 	.quirks2 = SDHCI_QUIRK2_ACMD23_BROKEN |
 		   SDHCI_QUIRK2_PRESET_VALUE_BROKEN |
-		   SDHCI_QUIRK2_RSP_136_HAS_CRC,
+		   SDHCI_QUIRK2_RSP_136_HAS_CRC |
+		   SDHCI_QUIRK2_DISABLE_HW_TIMEOUT,
 	.ops = &sdhci_omap_ops,
 };