diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c
index d4c02884cca8..9dd0dbb65382 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c
@@ -2542,6 +2542,7 @@ static struct platform_driver sdhci_msm_driver = {
 		   .name = "sdhci_msm",
 		   .of_match_table = sdhci_msm_dt_match,
 		   .pm = &sdhci_msm_pm_ops,
+		   .probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
 	},
 };