diff --git a/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c b/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c
index a368fe60db4a285bb5b43a8ec16069ab8e436d24..57cd4ee1f436cced7b367e09e5b43c200ab54ca5 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc.c
@@ -384,10 +384,6 @@ static int esdhc_init(struct mmc *mmc)
 	int ret = 0;
 	u8 card_absent;
 
-	/* Enable cache snooping */
-	if (cfg && !cfg->no_snoop)
-		esdhc_write32(&regs->scr, 0x00000040);
-
 	/* Reset the entire host controller */
 	esdhc_write32(&regs->sysctl, SYSCTL_RSTA);
 
@@ -395,6 +391,10 @@ static int esdhc_init(struct mmc *mmc)
 	while ((esdhc_read32(&regs->sysctl) & SYSCTL_RSTA) && --timeout)
 		udelay(1000);
 
+	/* Enable cache snooping */
+	if (cfg && !cfg->no_snoop)
+		esdhc_write32(&regs->scr, 0x00000040);
+
 	esdhc_write32(&regs->sysctl, SYSCTL_HCKEN | SYSCTL_IPGEN);
 
 	/* Set the initial clock speed */