diff --git a/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
index 7845f87..fae2169 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
@@ -82,13 +82,6 @@ static int sdhci_transfer_data(struct sdhci_host *host, struct mmc_data *data,
 				unsigned int start_addr)
 {
 	unsigned int stat, rdy, mask, timeout, block = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SDMA
-	unsigned char ctrl;
-	ctrl = sdhci_readl(host, SDHCI_HOST_CONTROL);
-	ctrl &= ~SDHCI_CTRL_DMA_MASK;
-	ctrl |= SDHCI_CTRL_SDMA;
-	sdhci_writel(host, ctrl, SDHCI_HOST_CONTROL);
-#endif
 
 	timeout = 1000000;
 	rdy = SDHCI_INT_SPACE_AVAIL | SDHCI_INT_DATA_AVAIL;
@@ -386,6 +379,14 @@ int sdhci_init(struct mmc *mmc)
 {
 	struct sdhci_host *host = (struct sdhci_host *)mmc->priv;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_SDMA
+	unsigned int ctrl;
+	ctrl = sdhci_readl(host, SDHCI_HOST_CONTROL);
+	ctrl &= ~SDHCI_CTRL_DMA_MASK;
+	ctrl |= SDHCI_CTRL_SDMA;
+	sdhci_writel(host, ctrl, SDHCI_HOST_CONTROL);
+#endif
+
 	if ((host->quirks & SDHCI_QUIRK_32BIT_DMA_ADDR) && !aligned_buffer) {
 		aligned_buffer = memalign(8, 512*1024);
 		if (!aligned_buffer) {