diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_core.c b/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_core.c
index 6fc4cf3c9dce..a4407f391f66 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_core.c
@@ -561,6 +561,8 @@ static void renesas_sdhi_reset(struct tmio_mmc_host *host)
 		/* Unknown why but without polling reset status, it will hang */
 		read_poll_timeout(reset_control_status, ret, ret == 0, 1, 100,
 				  false, priv->rstc);
+		/* At least SDHI_VER_GEN2_SDR50 needs manual release of reset */
+		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_RESET_SD, 0x0001);
 		priv->needs_adjust_hs400 = false;
 		renesas_sdhi_set_clock(host, host->clk_cache);
 	} else if (priv->scc_ctl) {