diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 01e5502917f7..2a58061f3de6 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -4623,6 +4623,10 @@ static int mmc_blk_probe(struct mmc_card *card)
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&card->dev, md);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK_DEFERRED_RESUME
+	mmc_set_bus_resume_policy(card->host, 1);
+#endif
+
 	if (mmc_add_disk(md))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -4666,6 +4670,9 @@ static void mmc_blk_remove(struct mmc_card *card)
 	pm_runtime_put_noidle(&card->dev);
 	mmc_blk_remove_req(md);
 	dev_set_drvdata(&card->dev, NULL);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK_DEFERRED_RESUME
+	mmc_set_bus_resume_policy(card->host, 0);
+#endif
 }
 
 static int _mmc_blk_suspend(struct mmc_card *card, bool wait)