diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c
index 8c077135d1c2..7c62538ed0ee 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c
@@ -2183,7 +2183,6 @@ static int sdhci_msm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	msm_host->mmc->caps2 |= (MMC_CAP2_BOOTPART_NOACC |
 				MMC_CAP2_DETECT_ON_ERR);
 	msm_host->mmc->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_CACHE_CTRL;
-	msm_host->mmc->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_INIT_BKOPS;
 	msm_host->mmc->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_POWEROFF_NOTIFY;
 	msm_host->mmc->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_CLK_SCALE;