diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index 401527d273b5..f7695c4c169e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ static void sdhci_set_clock(struct sdhci_host *host, unsigned int clock)
 	u16 clk;
 	unsigned long timeout;
 
-	if (clock == host->clock)
+	if (clock && clock == host->clock)
 		return;
 
 	if (host->ops->set_clock) {