diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
index a4bf14e..21dfce2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@
 	reg &= ~(1 << 5);
 	OMAP_MMC_WRITE(host, SDIO, reg);
 	/* Set maximum timeout */
-	OMAP_MMC_WRITE(host, CTO, 0xff);
+	OMAP_MMC_WRITE(host, CTO, 0xfd);
 }
 
 static inline void set_data_timeout(struct mmc_omap_host *host, struct mmc_request *req)