diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index d622435d1bcc71e47e54cdb42cb847660b009a55..9bfa66df963aee8bb127362aea15ff3b27349de2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -2849,6 +2849,8 @@ struct sdhci_host *sdhci_alloc_host(struct device *dev,
 
 	host = mmc_priv(mmc);
 	host->mmc = mmc;
+	host->mmc_host_ops = sdhci_ops;
+	mmc->ops = &host->mmc_host_ops;
 
 	return host;
 }
@@ -3037,7 +3039,6 @@ int sdhci_add_host(struct sdhci_host *host)
 	/*
 	 * Set host parameters.
 	 */
-	mmc->ops = &sdhci_ops;
 	max_clk = host->max_clk;
 
 	if (host->ops->get_min_clock)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
index 7654ae5d2b4e11b8b1814fa99b514223d4475d50..0115e9907bf8243aa394de60ac959e5876d5a3a9 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.h
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ struct sdhci_host {
 
 	/* Internal data */
 	struct mmc_host *mmc;	/* MMC structure */
+	struct mmc_host_ops mmc_host_ops;	/* MMC host ops */
 	u64 dma_mask;		/* custom DMA mask */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS) || defined(CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS_MODULE)