diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-pltfm.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-pltfm.c
index 20897529ea5e..5c4965655297 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-pltfm.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-pltfm.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ int dw_mci_pltfm_register(struct platform_device *pdev,
 {
 	struct dw_mci *host;
 	struct resource	*regs;
-	int ret;
 
 	host = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct dw_mci), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!host)
@@ -59,12 +58,6 @@ int dw_mci_pltfm_register(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (IS_ERR(host->regs))
 		return PTR_ERR(host->regs);
 
-	if (drv_data && drv_data->init) {
-		ret = drv_data->init(host);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, host);
 	return dw_mci_probe(host);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index 19b289d5dba8..9595922e231a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -2227,6 +2227,15 @@ int dw_mci_probe(struct dw_mci *host)
 		host->bus_hz = clk_get_rate(host->ciu_clk);
 	}
 
+	if (drv_data && drv_data->init) {
+		ret = drv_data->init(host);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(host->dev,
+				"implementation specific init failed\n");
+			goto err_clk_ciu;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (drv_data && drv_data->setup_clock) {
 		ret = drv_data->setup_clock(host);
 		if (ret) {