diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
index 6f4323c6d653..6a4cd2bb4629 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/mmc/card.h>
 #include <linux/mmc/host.h>
+#include <linux/sched/rt.h>
 #include "queue.h"
 
 #define MMC_QUEUE_BOUNCESZ	65536
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ static int mmc_queue_thread(void *d)
 {
 	struct mmc_queue *mq = d;
 	struct request_queue *q = mq->queue;
+	struct sched_param scheduler_params = {0};
+
+	scheduler_params.sched_priority = 1;
+
+	sched_setscheduler(current, SCHED_FIFO, &scheduler_params);
 
 	current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;