diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
index b76778fe81b0..e1fa3ef735e0 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
@@ -102,12 +102,15 @@ static int mxs_mmc_get_cd(struct mmc_host *mmc)
 		  BM_SSP_STATUS_CARD_DETECT) ^ host->cd_inverted;
 }
 
-static void mxs_mmc_reset(struct mxs_mmc_host *host)
+static int mxs_mmc_reset(struct mxs_mmc_host *host)
 {
 	struct mxs_ssp *ssp = &host->ssp;
 	u32 ctrl0, ctrl1;
+	int ret;
 
-	stmp_reset_block(ssp->base);
+	ret = stmp_reset_block(ssp->base);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	ctrl0 = BM_SSP_CTRL0_IGNORE_CRC;
 	ctrl1 = BF_SSP(0x3, CTRL1_SSP_MODE) |
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ static void mxs_mmc_reset(struct mxs_mmc_host *host)
 
 	writel(ctrl0, ssp->base + HW_SSP_CTRL0);
 	writel(ctrl1, ssp->base + HW_SSP_CTRL1(ssp));
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void mxs_mmc_start_cmd(struct mxs_mmc_host *host,
@@ -625,7 +629,11 @@ static int mxs_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	clk_prepare_enable(ssp->clk);
 
-	mxs_mmc_reset(host);
+	ret = mxs_mmc_reset(host);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to reset mmc: %d\n", ret);
+		goto out_clk_disable;
+	}
 
 	ssp->dmach = dma_request_slave_channel(&pdev->dev, "rx-tx");
 	if (!ssp->dmach) {