diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
index 48ed092543bb..4d3e1ffe5508 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sunxi-mmc.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static int sunxi_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mmc->f_min		=   400000;
 	mmc->f_max		= 50000000;
 	mmc->caps	       |= MMC_CAP_MMC_HIGHSPEED | MMC_CAP_SD_HIGHSPEED |
-				  MMC_CAP_ERASE;
+				  MMC_CAP_ERASE | MMC_CAP_SDIO_IRQ;
 
 	ret = mmc_of_parse(mmc);
 	if (ret)