diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
index 2c90635c89af..2db16bfc855b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ int __mmc_switch(struct mmc_card *card, u8 set, u8 index, u8 value,
 		timeout_ms = MMC_OPS_TIMEOUT_MS;
 
 	/* Must check status to be sure of no errors. */
-	timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(timeout_ms);
+	timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(timeout_ms) + 1;
 	do {
 		if (send_status) {
 			/*