diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index 826598115abdd..0726e59fd418f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -755,8 +755,12 @@ mmci_cmd_irq(struct mmci_host *host, struct mmc_command *cmd,
 	}
 
 	if (!cmd->data || cmd->error) {
-		if (host->data)
+		if (host->data) {
+			/* Terminate the DMA transfer */
+			if (dma_inprogress(host))
+				mmci_dma_data_error(host);
 			mmci_stop_data(host);
+		}
 		mmci_request_end(host, cmd->mrq);
 	} else if (!(cmd->data->flags & MMC_DATA_READ)) {
 		mmci_start_data(host, cmd->data);