diff --git a/Documentation/mmc/mmc-dev-attrs.txt b/Documentation/mmc/mmc-dev-attrs.txt
index 8898a95b41e5..b0245565875a 100644
--- a/Documentation/mmc/mmc-dev-attrs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/mmc/mmc-dev-attrs.txt
@@ -64,3 +64,13 @@ Note on Erase Size and Preferred Erase Size:
 	size specified by the card.
 
 	"preferred_erase_size" is in bytes.
+
+SD/MMC/SDIO Clock Gating Attribute
+==================================
+
+Read and write access is provided to following attribute.
+This attribute appears only if CONFIG_MMC_CLKGATE is enabled.
+
+	clkgate_delay	Tune the clock gating delay with desired value in milli seconds.
+
+echo <desired delay> > /sys/class/mmc_host/mmcX/clkgate_delay
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
index d31c78b72b0f..817a76039743 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
@@ -54,6 +54,31 @@ static DEFINE_IDR(mmc_host_idr);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mmc_host_lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMC_CLKGATE
+static ssize_t clkgate_delay_show(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct mmc_host *host = cls_dev_to_mmc_host(dev);
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%lu millisecs\n",
+			host->clkgate_delay);
+}
+
+static ssize_t clkgate_delay_store(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct mmc_host *host = cls_dev_to_mmc_host(dev);
+	unsigned long flags, value;
+
+	if (kstrtoul(buf, 0, &value))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&host->clk_lock, flags);
+	host->clkgate_delay = value;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
+
+	pr_info("%s: clock gate delay set to %lu ms\n",
+			mmc_hostname(host), value);
+	return count;
+}
 
 /*
  * Enabling clock gating will make the core call out to the host
@@ -114,7 +139,7 @@ static void mmc_host_clk_gate_delayed(struct mmc_host *host)
 static void mmc_host_clk_gate_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct mmc_host *host = container_of(work, struct mmc_host,
-					      clk_gate_work);
+					      clk_gate_work.work);
 
 	mmc_host_clk_gate_delayed(host);
 }
@@ -131,6 +156,8 @@ void mmc_host_clk_hold(struct mmc_host *host)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	/* cancel any clock gating work scheduled by mmc_host_clk_release() */
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&host->clk_gate_work);
 	mutex_lock(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&host->clk_lock, flags);
 	if (host->clk_gated) {
@@ -180,7 +207,8 @@ void mmc_host_clk_release(struct mmc_host *host)
 	host->clk_requests--;
 	if (mmc_host_may_gate_card(host->card) &&
 	    !host->clk_requests)
-		queue_work(system_nrt_wq, &host->clk_gate_work);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_nrt_wq, &host->clk_gate_work,
+				msecs_to_jiffies(host->clkgate_delay));
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -213,8 +241,13 @@ static inline void mmc_host_clk_init(struct mmc_host *host)
 	host->clk_requests = 0;
 	/* Hold MCI clock for 8 cycles by default */
 	host->clk_delay = 8;
+	/*
+	 * Default clock gating delay is 200ms.
+	 * This value can be tuned by writing into sysfs entry.
+	 */
+	host->clkgate_delay = 200;
 	host->clk_gated = false;
-	INIT_WORK(&host->clk_gate_work, mmc_host_clk_gate_work);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&host->clk_gate_work, mmc_host_clk_gate_work);
 	spin_lock_init(&host->clk_lock);
 	mutex_init(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
 }
@@ -229,7 +262,7 @@ static inline void mmc_host_clk_exit(struct mmc_host *host)
 	 * Wait for any outstanding gate and then make sure we're
 	 * ungated before exiting.
 	 */
-	if (cancel_work_sync(&host->clk_gate_work))
+	if (cancel_delayed_work_sync(&host->clk_gate_work))
 		mmc_host_clk_gate_delayed(host);
 	if (host->clk_gated)
 		mmc_host_clk_hold(host);
@@ -237,6 +270,17 @@ static inline void mmc_host_clk_exit(struct mmc_host *host)
 	WARN_ON(host->clk_requests > 1);
 }
 
+static inline void mmc_host_clk_sysfs_init(struct mmc_host *host)
+{
+	host->clkgate_delay_attr.show = clkgate_delay_show;
+	host->clkgate_delay_attr.store = clkgate_delay_store;
+	sysfs_attr_init(&host->clkgate_delay_attr.attr);
+	host->clkgate_delay_attr.attr.name = "clkgate_delay";
+	host->clkgate_delay_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR;
+	if (device_create_file(&host->class_dev, &host->clkgate_delay_attr))
+		pr_err("%s: Failed to create clkgate_delay sysfs entry\n",
+				mmc_hostname(host));
+}
 #else
 
 static inline void mmc_host_clk_init(struct mmc_host *host)
@@ -247,6 +291,10 @@ static inline void mmc_host_clk_exit(struct mmc_host *host)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void mmc_host_clk_sysfs_init(struct mmc_host *host)
+{
+}
+
 #endif
 
 /**
@@ -335,6 +383,7 @@ int mmc_add_host(struct mmc_host *host)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	mmc_add_host_debugfs(host);
 #endif
+	mmc_host_clk_sysfs_init(host);
 
 	mmc_start_host(host);
 	register_pm_notifier(&host->pm_notify);
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
index cea064f73514..706f72279a17 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
@@ -253,10 +253,12 @@ struct mmc_host {
 	int			clk_requests;	/* internal reference counter */
 	unsigned int		clk_delay;	/* number of MCI clk hold cycles */
 	bool			clk_gated;	/* clock gated */
-	struct work_struct	clk_gate_work; /* delayed clock gate */
+	struct delayed_work	clk_gate_work; /* delayed clock gate */
 	unsigned int		clk_old;	/* old clock value cache */
 	spinlock_t		clk_lock;	/* lock for clk fields */
 	struct mutex		clk_gate_mutex;	/* mutex for clock gating */
+	struct device_attribute clkgate_delay_attr;
+	unsigned long           clkgate_delay;
 #endif
 
 	/* host specific block data */