diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-tegra.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-tegra.c
index 403ac44a7378..a25c3a4d3f6c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-tegra.c
@@ -1552,6 +1552,9 @@ static int sdhci_tegra_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (tegra_host->soc_data->nvquirks & NVQUIRK_ENABLE_DDR50)
 		host->mmc->caps |= MMC_CAP_1_8V_DDR;
 
+	/* R1B responses is required to properly manage HW busy detection. */
+	host->mmc->caps |= MMC_CAP_NEED_RSP_BUSY;
+
 	tegra_sdhci_parse_dt(host);
 
 	tegra_host->power_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&pdev->dev, "power",