diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c
index 203daf3bd5eb..2ddcf8dc185b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c
@@ -4936,6 +4936,7 @@ static struct platform_driver sdhci_msm_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "sdhci_msm",
 		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+		.probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
 		.of_match_table = sdhci_msm_dt_match,
 		.pm	= SDHCI_MSM_PMOPS,
 	},