diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
index 7415af8c8ff6..70fadc976795 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
@@ -1415,6 +1415,21 @@ static int sunxi_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_free_dma;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we don't support delay chains in the SoC, we can't use any
+	 * of the higher speed modes. Mask them out in case the device
+	 * tree specifies the properties for them, which gets added to
+	 * the caps by mmc_of_parse() above.
+	 */
+	if (!(host->cfg->clk_delays || host->use_new_timings)) {
+		mmc->caps &= ~(MMC_CAP_3_3V_DDR | MMC_CAP_1_8V_DDR |
+			       MMC_CAP_1_2V_DDR | MMC_CAP_UHS);
+		mmc->caps2 &= ~MMC_CAP2_HS200;
+	}
+
+	/* TODO: This driver doesn't support HS400 mode yet */
+	mmc->caps2 &= ~MMC_CAP2_HS400;
+
 	ret = sunxi_mmc_init_host(host);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_free_dma;