diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index 3241916141d7..ff41aa56564e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -1167,6 +1167,8 @@ static void sdhci_prepare_data(struct sdhci_host *host, struct mmc_command *cmd)
 		}
 	}
 
+	sdhci_config_dma(host);
+
 	if (host->flags & SDHCI_REQ_USE_DMA) {
 		int sg_cnt = sdhci_pre_dma_transfer(host, data, COOKIE_MAPPED);
 
@@ -1186,8 +1188,6 @@ static void sdhci_prepare_data(struct sdhci_host *host, struct mmc_command *cmd)
 		}
 	}
 
-	sdhci_config_dma(host);
-
 	if (!(host->flags & SDHCI_REQ_USE_DMA)) {
 		int flags;