diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index 5ccf46501ce1..860313bd952a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -398,6 +398,21 @@ static u32 dw_mci_prep_stop_abort(struct dw_mci *host, struct mmc_command *cmd)
 	return cmdr;
 }
 
+static inline void dw_mci_set_cto(struct dw_mci *host)
+{
+	unsigned int cto_clks;
+	unsigned int cto_ms;
+
+	cto_clks = mci_readl(host, TMOUT) & 0xff;
+	cto_ms = DIV_ROUND_UP(cto_clks, host->bus_hz / 1000);
+
+	/* add a bit spare time */
+	cto_ms += 10;
+
+	mod_timer(&host->cto_timer,
+		  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(cto_ms) + 1);
+}
+
 static void dw_mci_start_command(struct dw_mci *host,
 				 struct mmc_command *cmd, u32 cmd_flags)
 {
@@ -410,6 +425,10 @@ static void dw_mci_start_command(struct dw_mci *host,
 	wmb(); /* drain writebuffer */
 	dw_mci_wait_while_busy(host, cmd_flags);
 
+	/* response expected command only */
+	if (cmd_flags & SDMMC_CMD_RESP_EXP)
+		dw_mci_set_cto(host);
+
 	mci_writel(host, CMD, cmd_flags | SDMMC_CMD_START);
 }
 
@@ -2599,6 +2618,7 @@ static irqreturn_t dw_mci_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		}
 
 		if (pending & DW_MCI_CMD_ERROR_FLAGS) {
+			del_timer(&host->cto_timer);
 			mci_writel(host, RINTSTS, DW_MCI_CMD_ERROR_FLAGS);
 			host->cmd_status = pending;
 			smp_wmb(); /* drain writebuffer */
@@ -2642,6 +2662,7 @@ static irqreturn_t dw_mci_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		}
 
 		if (pending & SDMMC_INT_CMD_DONE) {
+			del_timer(&host->cto_timer);
 			mci_writel(host, RINTSTS, SDMMC_INT_CMD_DONE);
 			dw_mci_cmd_interrupt(host, pending);
 		}
@@ -2914,6 +2935,30 @@ static void dw_mci_cmd11_timer(unsigned long arg)
 	tasklet_schedule(&host->tasklet);
 }
 
+static void dw_mci_cto_timer(unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct dw_mci *host = (struct dw_mci *)arg;
+
+	switch (host->state) {
+	case STATE_SENDING_CMD11:
+	case STATE_SENDING_CMD:
+	case STATE_SENDING_STOP:
+		/*
+		 * If CMD_DONE interrupt does NOT come in sending command
+		 * state, we should notify the driver to terminate current
+		 * transfer and report a command timeout to the core.
+		 */
+		host->cmd_status = SDMMC_INT_RTO;
+		set_bit(EVENT_CMD_COMPLETE, &host->pending_events);
+		tasklet_schedule(&host->tasklet);
+		break;
+	default:
+		dev_warn(host->dev, "Unexpected command timeout, state %d\n",
+			 host->state);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
 static void dw_mci_dto_timer(unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct dw_mci *host = (struct dw_mci *)arg;
@@ -3085,6 +3130,9 @@ int dw_mci_probe(struct dw_mci *host)
 	setup_timer(&host->cmd11_timer,
 		    dw_mci_cmd11_timer, (unsigned long)host);
 
+	setup_timer(&host->cto_timer,
+		    dw_mci_cto_timer, (unsigned long)host);
+
 	setup_timer(&host->dto_timer,
 		    dw_mci_dto_timer, (unsigned long)host);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h
index 5403758bf621..34474ad731aa 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct dw_mci_dma_slave {
  * @irq: The irq value to be passed to request_irq.
  * @sdio_id0: Number of slot0 in the SDIO interrupt registers.
  * @cmd11_timer: Timer for SD3.0 voltage switch over scheme.
+ * @cto_timer: Timer for broken command transfer over scheme.
  * @dto_timer: Timer for broken data transfer over scheme.
  *
  * Locking
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ struct dw_mci {
 	int			sdio_id0;
 
 	struct timer_list       cmd11_timer;
+	struct timer_list       cto_timer;
 	struct timer_list       dto_timer;
 };