diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
index 4f06fb03c0a2..c021d433b04f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
@@ -648,7 +648,8 @@ static int mxs_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* set mmc core parameters */
 	mmc->ops = &mxs_mmc_ops;
 	mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_SD_HIGHSPEED | MMC_CAP_MMC_HIGHSPEED |
-		    MMC_CAP_SDIO_IRQ | MMC_CAP_NEEDS_POLL | MMC_CAP_CMD23;
+		    MMC_CAP_SDIO_IRQ | MMC_CAP_NEEDS_POLL | MMC_CAP_CMD23 |
+		    MMC_CAP_ERASE;
 
 	host->broken_cd = of_property_read_bool(np, "broken-cd");