diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 903c8aae54bb..cc9b3abf4a3f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -207,6 +207,23 @@ static u32 mmc_sd_num_wr_blocks(struct mmc_card *card)
 	return ntohl(blocks);
 }
 
+static u32 get_card_status(struct mmc_card *card, struct request *req)
+{
+	struct mmc_command cmd;
+	int err;
+
+	memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(struct mmc_command));
+	cmd.opcode = MMC_SEND_STATUS;
+	if (!mmc_host_is_spi(card->host))
+		cmd.arg = card->rca << 16;
+	cmd.flags = MMC_RSP_SPI_R2 | MMC_RSP_R1 | MMC_CMD_AC;
+	err = mmc_wait_for_cmd(card->host, &cmd, 0);
+	if (err)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d sending status comand",
+		       req->rq_disk->disk_name, err);
+	return cmd.resp[0];
+}
+
 static int mmc_blk_issue_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 {
 	struct mmc_blk_data *md = mq->data;
@@ -218,7 +235,7 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 
 	do {
 		struct mmc_command cmd;
-		u32 readcmd, writecmd;
+		u32 readcmd, writecmd, status = 0;
 
 		memset(&brq, 0, sizeof(struct mmc_blk_request));
 		brq.mrq.cmd = &brq.cmd;
@@ -273,19 +290,32 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 		 * until later as we need to wait for the card to leave
 		 * programming mode even when things go wrong.
 		 */
+		if (brq.cmd.error || brq.data.error || brq.stop.error)
+			status = get_card_status(card, req);
+
 		if (brq.cmd.error) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d sending read/write command\n",
-			       req->rq_disk->disk_name, brq.cmd.error);
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d sending read/write "
+			       "command, response %#x, card status %#x\n",
+			       req->rq_disk->disk_name, brq.cmd.error,
+			       brq.cmd.resp[0], status);
 		}
 
 		if (brq.data.error) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d transferring data\n",
-			       req->rq_disk->disk_name, brq.data.error);
+			if (brq.data.error == -ETIMEDOUT && brq.mrq.stop)
+				/* 'Stop' response contains card status */
+				status = brq.mrq.stop->resp[0];
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d transferring data,"
+			       " sector %u, nr %u, card status %#x\n",
+			       req->rq_disk->disk_name, brq.data.error,
+			       (unsigned)req->sector,
+			       (unsigned)req->nr_sectors, status);
 		}
 
 		if (brq.stop.error) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d sending stop command\n",
-			       req->rq_disk->disk_name, brq.stop.error);
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error %d sending stop command, "
+			       "response %#x, card status %#x\n",
+			       req->rq_disk->disk_name, brq.stop.error,
+			       brq.stop.resp[0], status);
 		}
 
 		if (!mmc_host_is_spi(card->host) && rq_data_dir(req) != READ) {