diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc-uclass.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc-uclass.c
index 38ced4102e1073c146759d9d030e6d930514e944..f262c6eb39882231f89cc72dbfba154b3aa7bc43 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc-uclass.c
@@ -111,18 +111,18 @@ struct mmc *find_mmc_device(int dev_num)
 
 int get_mmc_num(void)
 {
-	return max(blk_find_max_devnum(IF_TYPE_MMC), 0);
+	return max((blk_find_max_devnum(IF_TYPE_MMC) + 1), 0);
 }
 
 int mmc_get_next_devnum(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = get_mmc_num();
+	ret = blk_find_max_devnum(IF_TYPE_MMC);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	return ret + 1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 struct blk_desc *mmc_get_blk_desc(struct mmc *mmc)
diff --git a/include/mmc.h b/include/mmc.h
index 8f309f1f71c510b10b6ed81403b2b00bcf4b9c52..dd47f34e9de09c6b516c1baadfbf57f645606925 100644
--- a/include/mmc.h
+++ b/include/mmc.h
@@ -503,6 +503,12 @@ void mmc_set_clock(struct mmc *mmc, uint clock);
 struct mmc *find_mmc_device(int dev_num);
 int mmc_set_dev(int dev_num);
 void print_mmc_devices(char separator);
+
+/**
+ * get_mmc_num() - get the total MMC device number
+ *
+ * @return 0 if there is no MMC device, else the number of devices
+ */
 int get_mmc_num(void);
 int mmc_hwpart_config(struct mmc *mmc, const struct mmc_hwpart_conf *conf,
 		      enum mmc_hwpart_conf_mode mode);