diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
index 5a0e5dee977f..c5adf4ba4066 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
@@ -484,7 +484,6 @@ static void esdhc_writew_le(struct sdhci_host *host, u16 val, int reg)
 		} else if (imx_data->socdata->flags & ESDHC_FLAG_STD_TUNING) {
 			u32 v = readl(host->ioaddr + SDHCI_ACMD12_ERR);
 			u32 m = readl(host->ioaddr + ESDHC_MIX_CTRL);
-			u32 tuning_ctrl;
 			if (val & SDHCI_CTRL_TUNED_CLK) {
 				v |= ESDHC_MIX_CTRL_SMPCLK_SEL;
 			} else {
@@ -497,18 +496,6 @@ static void esdhc_writew_le(struct sdhci_host *host, u16 val, int reg)
 				v |= ESDHC_MIX_CTRL_EXE_TUNE;
 				m |= ESDHC_MIX_CTRL_FBCLK_SEL;
 				m |= ESDHC_MIX_CTRL_AUTO_TUNE_EN;
-				tuning_ctrl = readl(host->ioaddr + ESDHC_TUNING_CTRL);
-				tuning_ctrl |= ESDHC_STD_TUNING_EN | ESDHC_TUNING_START_TAP_DEFAULT;
-				if (imx_data->boarddata.tuning_start_tap) {
-					tuning_ctrl &= ~ESDHC_TUNING_START_TAP_MASK;
-					tuning_ctrl |= imx_data->boarddata.tuning_start_tap;
-				}
-
-				if (imx_data->boarddata.tuning_step) {
-					tuning_ctrl &= ~ESDHC_TUNING_STEP_MASK;
-					tuning_ctrl |= imx_data->boarddata.tuning_step << ESDHC_TUNING_STEP_SHIFT;
-				}
-				writel(tuning_ctrl, host->ioaddr + ESDHC_TUNING_CTRL);
 			} else {
 				v &= ~ESDHC_MIX_CTRL_EXE_TUNE;
 			}
@@ -983,6 +970,7 @@ static void sdhci_esdhc_imx_hwinit(struct sdhci_host *host)
 {
 	struct sdhci_pltfm_host *pltfm_host = sdhci_priv(host);
 	struct pltfm_imx_data *imx_data = sdhci_pltfm_priv(pltfm_host);
+	int tmp;
 
 	if (esdhc_is_usdhc(imx_data)) {
 		/*
@@ -1014,6 +1002,23 @@ static void sdhci_esdhc_imx_hwinit(struct sdhci_host *host)
 
 		/* disable DLL_CTRL delay line settings */
 		writel(0x0, host->ioaddr + ESDHC_DLL_CTRL);
+
+		if (imx_data->socdata->flags & ESDHC_FLAG_STD_TUNING) {
+			tmp = readl(host->ioaddr + ESDHC_TUNING_CTRL);
+			tmp |= ESDHC_STD_TUNING_EN |
+				ESDHC_TUNING_START_TAP_DEFAULT;
+			if (imx_data->boarddata.tuning_start_tap) {
+				tmp &= ~ESDHC_TUNING_START_TAP_MASK;
+				tmp |= imx_data->boarddata.tuning_start_tap;
+			}
+
+			if (imx_data->boarddata.tuning_step) {
+				tmp &= ~ESDHC_TUNING_STEP_MASK;
+				tmp |= imx_data->boarddata.tuning_step
+					<< ESDHC_TUNING_STEP_SHIFT;
+			}
+			writel(tmp, host->ioaddr + ESDHC_TUNING_CTRL);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1225,11 +1230,6 @@ static int sdhci_esdhc_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		sdhci_esdhc_ops.platform_execute_tuning =
 					esdhc_executing_tuning;
 
-	if (imx_data->socdata->flags & ESDHC_FLAG_STD_TUNING)
-		writel(readl(host->ioaddr + ESDHC_TUNING_CTRL) |
-			ESDHC_STD_TUNING_EN | ESDHC_TUNING_START_TAP_DEFAULT,
-			host->ioaddr + ESDHC_TUNING_CTRL);
-
 	if (imx_data->socdata->flags & ESDHC_FLAG_ERR004536)
 		host->quirks |= SDHCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_ADMA;