diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
index f0fa6a799f7c..dfe55e9d729f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 /* The max erase timeout, used when host->max_busy_timeout isn't specified */
 #define MMC_ERASE_TIMEOUT_MS	(60 * 1000) /* 60 s */
 
+#define MMC_CACHE_FLUSH_TIMEOUT_MS     (30 * 1000) /* 30s */
+
 static const unsigned freqs[] = { 400000, 300000, 200000, 100000 };
 
 /*
@@ -2936,7 +2938,8 @@ int mmc_flush_cache(struct mmc_card *card)
 			(card->ext_csd.cache_size > 0) &&
 			(card->ext_csd.cache_ctrl & 1)) {
 		err = mmc_switch(card, EXT_CSD_CMD_SET_NORMAL,
-				EXT_CSD_FLUSH_CACHE, 1, 0);
+				EXT_CSD_FLUSH_CACHE, 1,
+				 MMC_CACHE_FLUSH_TIMEOUT_MS);
 		if (err)
 			pr_err("%s: cache flush error %d\n",
 					mmc_hostname(card->host), err);