diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sd.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sd.c
index 63915541c0e4..33e806adcbf7 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sd.c
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ static int mmc_sd_init_card(struct mmc_host *host, u32 ocr,
 			goto free_card;
 	}
 
-	if (host->cqe_ops && !host->cqe_enabled) {
+	if (!mmc_card_ult_capacity(card) && host->cqe_ops && !host->cqe_enabled) {
 		err = host->cqe_ops->cqe_enable(host, card);
 		if (!err) {
 			host->cqe_enabled = true;