diff --git a/drivers/mmc/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/dw_mmc.c
index 38f50ce0d8c528d15a21b2861b1a1ff8dd8b3efc..19d9b0b899c83dd2470a9d03b10000e16149bc1e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/dw_mmc.c
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ static void dwmci_set_ios(struct mmc *mmc)
 static int dwmci_init(struct mmc *mmc)
 {
 	struct dwmci_host *host = (struct dwmci_host *)mmc->priv;
-	u32 fifo_size;
 
 	if (host->board_init)
 		host->board_init(host);
@@ -322,13 +321,9 @@ static int dwmci_init(struct mmc *mmc)
 	dwmci_writel(host, DWMCI_IDINTEN, 0);
 	dwmci_writel(host, DWMCI_BMOD, 1);
 
-	if (!host->fifoth_val) {
-		fifo_size = dwmci_readl(host, DWMCI_FIFOTH);
-		fifo_size = ((fifo_size & RX_WMARK_MASK) >> RX_WMARK_SHIFT) + 1;
-		host->fifoth_val = MSIZE(0x2) | RX_WMARK(fifo_size / 2 - 1) |
-			TX_WMARK(fifo_size / 2);
+	if (host->fifoth_val) {
+		dwmci_writel(host, DWMCI_FIFOTH, host->fifoth_val);
 	}
-	dwmci_writel(host, DWMCI_FIFOTH, host->fifoth_val);
 
 	dwmci_writel(host, DWMCI_CLKENA, 0);
 	dwmci_writel(host, DWMCI_CLKSRC, 0);