diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
index 8e24ddfb51db..3e279f4c6aa0 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ static bool mmc_is_valid_state_for_clk_scaling(struct mmc_host *host)
 	 * this mode.
 	 */
 	if (!card || (mmc_card_mmc(card) &&
-			card->part_curr == EXT_CSD_PART_CONFIG_ACC_RPMB))
+			(card->part_curr == EXT_CSD_PART_CONFIG_ACC_RPMB ||
+			mmc_card_doing_bkops(card))))
 		return false;
 
 	if (mmc_send_status(card, &status)) {