diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
index 65df00bb00dd..49c9801ef122 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ static void esdhc_pltfm_exit(struct sdhci_host *host)
 }
 
 struct sdhci_pltfm_data sdhci_esdhc_imx_pdata = {
-	.quirks = ESDHC_DEFAULT_QUIRKS | SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_ADMA,
+	.quirks = ESDHC_DEFAULT_QUIRKS | SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_ADMA
+			| SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_CARD_DETECTION,
 	/* ADMA has issues. Might be fixable */
 	.ops = &sdhci_esdhc_ops,
 	.init = esdhc_pltfm_init,
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc.h b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc.h
index afaf1bc4913a..c55aae828aac 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  */
 
 #define ESDHC_DEFAULT_QUIRKS	(SDHCI_QUIRK_FORCE_BLK_SZ_2048 | \
-				SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_CARD_DETECTION | \
 				SDHCI_QUIRK_NO_BUSY_IRQ | \
 				SDHCI_QUIRK_NONSTANDARD_CLOCK | \
 				SDHCI_QUIRK_DATA_TIMEOUT_USES_SDCLK | \
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-esdhc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-esdhc.c
index fcd0e1fcba44..08161f690ae8 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-esdhc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-esdhc.c
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ static unsigned int esdhc_of_get_min_clock(struct sdhci_host *host)
 }
 
 struct sdhci_of_data sdhci_esdhc = {
-	.quirks = ESDHC_DEFAULT_QUIRKS,
+	/* card detection could be handled via GPIO */
+	.quirks = ESDHC_DEFAULT_QUIRKS | SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_CARD_DETECTION,
 	.ops = {
 		.read_l = sdhci_be32bs_readl,
 		.read_w = esdhc_readw,