diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
index ff3063ce2acda..9ce34e8800335 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
@@ -423,10 +423,6 @@ static int mmc_decode_ext_csd(struct mmc_card *card, u8 *ext_csd)
 
 		/* EXT_CSD value is in units of 10ms, but we store in ms */
 		card->ext_csd.part_time = 10 * ext_csd[EXT_CSD_PART_SWITCH_TIME];
-		/* Some eMMC set the value too low so set a minimum */
-		if (card->ext_csd.part_time &&
-		    card->ext_csd.part_time < MMC_MIN_PART_SWITCH_TIME)
-			card->ext_csd.part_time = MMC_MIN_PART_SWITCH_TIME;
 
 		/* Sleep / awake timeout in 100ns units */
 		if (sa_shift > 0 && sa_shift <= 0x17)
@@ -616,6 +612,17 @@ static int mmc_decode_ext_csd(struct mmc_card *card, u8 *ext_csd)
 		card->ext_csd.data_sector_size = 512;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * GENERIC_CMD6_TIME is to be used "unless a specific timeout is defined
+	 * when accessing a specific field", so use it here if there is no
+	 * PARTITION_SWITCH_TIME.
+	 */
+	if (!card->ext_csd.part_time)
+		card->ext_csd.part_time = card->ext_csd.generic_cmd6_time;
+	/* Some eMMC set the value too low so set a minimum */
+	if (card->ext_csd.part_time < MMC_MIN_PART_SWITCH_TIME)
+		card->ext_csd.part_time = MMC_MIN_PART_SWITCH_TIME;
+
 	/* eMMC v5 or later */
 	if (card->ext_csd.rev >= 7) {
 		memcpy(card->ext_csd.fwrev, &ext_csd[EXT_CSD_FIRMWARE_VERSION],