diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
index b471a7795b4d..5217d713c826 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
@@ -952,6 +952,7 @@ static void mmc_spi_request(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_request *mrq)
 			status = mmc_spi_command_send(host, mrq, &stop, 0);
 			crc_retry--;
 			mrq->data->error = 0;
+			mrq->data->bytes_xfered = 0;
 			goto crc_recover;
 		}