diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
index 14c58caac990..a4dd43f117f0 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -997,7 +997,8 @@ static int omap_hsmmc_start_dma_transfer(struct omap_hsmmc_host *host,
 }
 
 static void set_data_timeout(struct omap_hsmmc_host *host,
-			     struct mmc_request *req)
+			     unsigned int timeout_ns,
+			     unsigned int timeout_clks)
 {
 	unsigned int timeout, cycle_ns;
 	uint32_t reg, clkd, dto = 0;
@@ -1008,8 +1009,8 @@ static void set_data_timeout(struct omap_hsmmc_host *host,
 		clkd = 1;
 
 	cycle_ns = 1000000000 / (clk_get_rate(host->fclk) / clkd);
-	timeout = req->data->timeout_ns / cycle_ns;
-	timeout += req->data->timeout_clks;
+	timeout = timeout_ns / cycle_ns;
+	timeout += timeout_clks;
 	if (timeout) {
 		while ((timeout & 0x80000000) == 0) {
 			dto += 1;
@@ -1043,12 +1044,18 @@ omap_hsmmc_prepare_data(struct omap_hsmmc_host *host, struct mmc_request *req)
 
 	if (req->data == NULL) {
 		OMAP_HSMMC_WRITE(host->base, BLK, 0);
+		/*
+		 * Set an arbitrary 100ms data timeout for commands with
+		 * busy signal.
+		 */
+		if (req->cmd->flags & MMC_RSP_BUSY)
+			set_data_timeout(host, 100000000U, 0);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	OMAP_HSMMC_WRITE(host->base, BLK, (req->data->blksz)
 					| (req->data->blocks << 16));
-	set_data_timeout(host, req);
+	set_data_timeout(host, req->data->timeout_ns, req->data->timeout_clks);
 
 	if (host->use_dma) {
 		ret = omap_hsmmc_start_dma_transfer(host, req);