diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_cis.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_cis.c
index 44bea5e4aeda..b23773583179 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_cis.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_cis.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "sdio_cis.h"
 #include "sdio_ops.h"
 
+#define SDIO_READ_CIS_TIMEOUT_MS  (10 * 1000) /* 10s */
+
 static int cistpl_vers_1(struct mmc_card *card, struct sdio_func *func,
 			 const unsigned char *buf, unsigned size)
 {
@@ -274,6 +276,8 @@ static int sdio_read_cis(struct mmc_card *card, struct sdio_func *func)
 
 	do {
 		unsigned char tpl_code, tpl_link;
+		unsigned long timeout = jiffies +
+			msecs_to_jiffies(SDIO_READ_CIS_TIMEOUT_MS);
 
 		ret = mmc_io_rw_direct(card, 0, 0, ptr++, 0, &tpl_code);
 		if (ret)
@@ -326,6 +330,8 @@ static int sdio_read_cis(struct mmc_card *card, struct sdio_func *func)
 			prev = &this->next;
 
 			if (ret == -ENOENT) {
+				if (time_after(jiffies, timeout))
+					break;
 				/* warn about unknown tuples */
 				pr_warn_ratelimited("%s: queuing unknown"
 				       " CIS tuple 0x%02x (%u bytes)\n",