diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.h b/drivers/mmc/core/host.h
index 06ec19b5bf9f..4805438c02ff 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.h
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ static inline int mmc_host_uhs(struct mmc_host *host)
 	return host->caps &
 		(MMC_CAP_UHS_SDR12 | MMC_CAP_UHS_SDR25 |
 		 MMC_CAP_UHS_SDR50 | MMC_CAP_UHS_SDR104 |
-		 MMC_CAP_UHS_DDR50);
+		 MMC_CAP_UHS_DDR50) &&
+	       host->caps & MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA;
 }
 
 static inline bool mmc_card_hs200(struct mmc_card *card)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sd.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sd.c
index 62b84dd8f9fe..d094497480ca 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sd.c
@@ -582,9 +582,6 @@ static int mmc_sd_init_uhs_card(struct mmc_card *card)
 	int err;
 	u8 *status;
 
-	if (!card->scr.sda_spec3)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (!(card->csd.cmdclass & CCC_SWITCH))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -593,14 +590,11 @@ static int mmc_sd_init_uhs_card(struct mmc_card *card)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Set 4-bit bus width */
-	if ((card->host->caps & MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA) &&
-	    (card->scr.bus_widths & SD_SCR_BUS_WIDTH_4)) {
-		err = mmc_app_set_bus_width(card, MMC_BUS_WIDTH_4);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
+	err = mmc_app_set_bus_width(card, MMC_BUS_WIDTH_4);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
-		mmc_set_bus_width(card->host, MMC_BUS_WIDTH_4);
-	}
+	mmc_set_bus_width(card->host, MMC_BUS_WIDTH_4);
 
 	/*
 	 * Select the bus speed mode depending on host
@@ -1033,7 +1027,7 @@ retry:
 	}
 
 	/* Initialization sequence for UHS-I cards */
-	if (rocr & SD_ROCR_S18A) {
+	if (rocr & SD_ROCR_S18A && mmc_host_uhs(host)) {
 		err = mmc_sd_init_uhs_card(card);
 		if (err)
 			goto free_card;