diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-sprd.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-sprd.c
index 51cb8cfce323..d83800803cf1 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-sprd.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-sprd.c
@@ -228,13 +228,15 @@ static inline void _sdhci_sprd_set_clock(struct sdhci_host *host,
 	div = ((div & 0x300) >> 2) | ((div & 0xFF) << 8);
 	sdhci_enable_clk(host, div);
 
-	/* enable auto gate sdhc_enable_auto_gate */
-	val = sdhci_readl(host, SDHCI_SPRD_REG_32_BUSY_POSI);
-	mask = SDHCI_SPRD_BIT_OUTR_CLK_AUTO_EN |
-	       SDHCI_SPRD_BIT_INNR_CLK_AUTO_EN;
-	if (mask != (val & mask)) {
-		val |= mask;
-		sdhci_writel(host, val, SDHCI_SPRD_REG_32_BUSY_POSI);
+	/* Enable CLK_AUTO when the clock is greater than 400K. */
+	if (clk > 400000) {
+		val = sdhci_readl(host, SDHCI_SPRD_REG_32_BUSY_POSI);
+		mask = SDHCI_SPRD_BIT_OUTR_CLK_AUTO_EN |
+			SDHCI_SPRD_BIT_INNR_CLK_AUTO_EN;
+		if (mask != (val & mask)) {
+			val |= mask;
+			sdhci_writel(host, val, SDHCI_SPRD_REG_32_BUSY_POSI);
+		}
 	}
 }