--- a/cpu/pxa/mmc.c
+++ a/cpu/pxa/mmc.c
@@ -401,16 +401,17 @@
 
 	/* reset */
 	retries = 10;
-	resp = mmc_cmd(0, 0, 0, 0);
-	resp = mmc_cmd(1, 0x00ff, 0xc000, MMC_CMDAT_INIT|MMC_CMDAT_BUSY|MMC_CMDAT_R3);
+	resp = mmc_cmd(0, 0, 0, MMC_CMDAT_INIT|MMC_CMDAT_BUSY|MMC_CMDAT_R1);
+	udelay(200000);
+	resp = mmc_cmd(1, 0x00ff, 0x8000, MMC_CMDAT_BUSY|MMC_CMDAT_R3);
 	while (retries-- && resp && !(resp[4] & 0x80)) {
 		debug("resp %x %x\n", resp[0], resp[1]);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PXA27X
 		udelay(10000);
 #else
-		udelay(50);
+		udelay(200000);
 #endif
-		resp = mmc_cmd(1, 0x00ff, 0xff00, MMC_CMDAT_BUSY|MMC_CMDAT_R3);
+		resp = mmc_cmd(1, 0x00ff, 0x8000, MMC_CMDAT_BUSY|MMC_CMDAT_R3);
 	}
 
 	/* try to get card id */