diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci_am654.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci_am654.c
index b4891bb266485..a3e62e212631f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci_am654.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci_am654.c
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ struct sdhci_am654_data {
 	int drv_strength;
 	int strb_sel;
 	u32 flags;
+	u32 quirks;
+
+#define SDHCI_AM654_QUIRK_FORCE_CDTEST BIT(0)
 };
 
 struct sdhci_am654_driver_data {
@@ -369,6 +372,21 @@ static void sdhci_am654_write_b(struct sdhci_host *host, u8 val, int reg)
 	}
 }
 
+static void sdhci_am654_reset(struct sdhci_host *host, u8 mask)
+{
+	u8 ctrl;
+	struct sdhci_pltfm_host *pltfm_host = sdhci_priv(host);
+	struct sdhci_am654_data *sdhci_am654 = sdhci_pltfm_priv(pltfm_host);
+
+	sdhci_reset(host, mask);
+
+	if (sdhci_am654->quirks & SDHCI_AM654_QUIRK_FORCE_CDTEST) {
+		ctrl = sdhci_readb(host, SDHCI_HOST_CONTROL);
+		ctrl |= SDHCI_CTRL_CDTEST_INS | SDHCI_CTRL_CDTEST_EN;
+		sdhci_writeb(host, ctrl, SDHCI_HOST_CONTROL);
+	}
+}
+
 static int sdhci_am654_execute_tuning(struct mmc_host *mmc, u32 opcode)
 {
 	struct sdhci_host *host = mmc_priv(mmc);
@@ -500,7 +518,7 @@ static struct sdhci_ops sdhci_j721e_4bit_ops = {
 	.set_clock = sdhci_j721e_4bit_set_clock,
 	.write_b = sdhci_am654_write_b,
 	.irq = sdhci_am654_cqhci_irq,
-	.reset = sdhci_reset,
+	.reset = sdhci_am654_reset,
 };
 
 static const struct sdhci_pltfm_data sdhci_j721e_4bit_pdata = {
@@ -719,6 +737,9 @@ static int sdhci_am654_get_of_property(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	device_property_read_u32(dev, "ti,clkbuf-sel",
 				 &sdhci_am654->clkbuf_sel);
 
+	if (device_property_read_bool(dev, "ti,fails-without-test-cd"))
+		sdhci_am654->quirks |= SDHCI_AM654_QUIRK_FORCE_CDTEST;
+
 	sdhci_get_of_property(pdev);
 
 	return 0;