diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index 1aab4f47eab9..1fc6767f1878 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static void mmc_blk_rw_rq_prep(struct mmc_queue_req *mqrq,
 			       struct mmc_queue *mq);
 static void mmc_blk_hsq_req_done(struct mmc_request *mrq);
 static int mmc_spi_err_check(struct mmc_card *card);
+static int mmc_blk_busy_cb(void *cb_data, bool *busy);
 
 static struct mmc_blk_data *mmc_blk_get(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
@@ -472,7 +473,7 @@ static int __mmc_blk_ioctl_cmd(struct mmc_card *card, struct mmc_blk_data *md,
 	struct mmc_data data = {};
 	struct mmc_request mrq = {};
 	struct scatterlist sg;
-	bool r1b_resp, use_r1b_resp = false;
+	bool r1b_resp;
 	unsigned int busy_timeout_ms;
 	int err;
 	unsigned int target_part;
@@ -566,8 +567,7 @@ static int __mmc_blk_ioctl_cmd(struct mmc_card *card, struct mmc_blk_data *md,
 	busy_timeout_ms = idata->ic.cmd_timeout_ms ? : MMC_BLK_TIMEOUT_MS;
 	r1b_resp = (cmd.flags & MMC_RSP_R1B) == MMC_RSP_R1B;
 	if (r1b_resp)
-		use_r1b_resp = mmc_prepare_busy_cmd(card->host, &cmd,
-						    busy_timeout_ms);
+		mmc_prepare_busy_cmd(card->host, &cmd, busy_timeout_ms);
 
 	mmc_wait_for_req(card->host, &mrq);
 	memcpy(&idata->ic.response, cmd.resp, sizeof(cmd.resp));
@@ -620,19 +620,28 @@ static int __mmc_blk_ioctl_cmd(struct mmc_card *card, struct mmc_blk_data *md,
 	if (idata->ic.postsleep_min_us)
 		usleep_range(idata->ic.postsleep_min_us, idata->ic.postsleep_max_us);
 
-	/* No need to poll when using HW busy detection. */
-	if ((card->host->caps & MMC_CAP_WAIT_WHILE_BUSY) && use_r1b_resp)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (mmc_host_is_spi(card->host)) {
 		if (idata->ic.write_flag || r1b_resp || cmd.flags & MMC_RSP_SPI_BUSY)
 			return mmc_spi_err_check(card);
 		return err;
 	}
-	/* Ensure RPMB/R1B command has completed by polling with CMD13. */
-	if (idata->rpmb || r1b_resp)
-		err = mmc_poll_for_busy(card, busy_timeout_ms, false,
-					MMC_BUSY_IO);
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure RPMB, writes and R1B responses are completed by polling with
+	 * CMD13. Note that, usually we don't need to poll when using HW busy
+	 * detection, but here it's needed since some commands may indicate the
+	 * error through the R1 status bits.
+	 */
+	if (idata->rpmb || idata->ic.write_flag || r1b_resp) {
+		struct mmc_blk_busy_data cb_data = {
+			.card = card,
+		};
+
+		err = __mmc_poll_for_busy(card->host, 0, busy_timeout_ms,
+					  &mmc_blk_busy_cb, &cb_data);
+
+		idata->ic.response[0] = cb_data.status;
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }