diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index fe5892d30778..8bfd4d95b386 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static int __mmc_blk_ioctl_cmd(struct mmc_card *card, struct mmc_blk_data *md,
 
 	if ((MMC_EXTRACT_INDEX_FROM_ARG(cmd.arg) == EXT_CSD_SANITIZE_START) &&
 	    (cmd.opcode == MMC_SWITCH))
-		return mmc_sanitize(card);
+		return mmc_sanitize(card, idata->ic.cmd_timeout_ms);
 
 	mmc_wait_for_req(card->host, &mrq);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
index f413474f0f80..ccca067db993 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ int mmc_cmdq_disable(struct mmc_card *card)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mmc_cmdq_disable);
 
-int mmc_sanitize(struct mmc_card *card)
+int mmc_sanitize(struct mmc_card *card, unsigned int timeout_ms)
 {
 	struct mmc_host *host = card->host;
 	int err;
@@ -1020,12 +1020,15 @@ int mmc_sanitize(struct mmc_card *card)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	if (!timeout_ms)
+		timeout_ms = MMC_SANITIZE_TIMEOUT_MS;
+
 	pr_debug("%s: Sanitize in progress...\n", mmc_hostname(host));
 
 	mmc_retune_hold(host);
 
 	err = mmc_switch(card, EXT_CSD_CMD_SET_NORMAL, EXT_CSD_SANITIZE_START,
-			 1, MMC_SANITIZE_TIMEOUT_MS);
+			 1, timeout_ms);
 	if (err)
 		pr_err("%s: Sanitize failed err=%d\n", mmc_hostname(host), err);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.h b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.h
index 632009260e51..1ed0d0375780 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void mmc_run_bkops(struct mmc_card *card);
 int mmc_flush_cache(struct mmc_card *card);
 int mmc_cmdq_enable(struct mmc_card *card);
 int mmc_cmdq_disable(struct mmc_card *card);
-int mmc_sanitize(struct mmc_card *card);
+int mmc_sanitize(struct mmc_card *card, unsigned int timeout_ms);
 
 #endif