diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
index 08a55c2e96e1b..53ce1bb83d2c5 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -74,9 +75,11 @@
 #define   CFG_CLK_ALWAYS_ON BIT(18)
 #define   CFG_CHK_DS BIT(20)
 #define   CFG_AUTO_CLK BIT(23)
+#define   CFG_ERR_ABORT BIT(27)
 
 #define SD_EMMC_STATUS 0x48
 #define   STATUS_BUSY BIT(31)
+#define   STATUS_DESC_BUSY BIT(30)
 #define   STATUS_DATI GENMASK(23, 16)
 
 #define SD_EMMC_IRQ_EN 0x4c
@@ -905,6 +908,7 @@ static void meson_mmc_start_cmd(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_command *cmd)
 
 	cmd_cfg |= FIELD_PREP(CMD_CFG_CMD_INDEX_MASK, cmd->opcode);
 	cmd_cfg |= CMD_CFG_OWNER;  /* owned by CPU */
+	cmd_cfg |= CMD_CFG_ERROR; /* stop in case of error */
 
 	meson_mmc_set_response_bits(cmd, &cmd_cfg);
 
@@ -999,6 +1003,17 @@ static irqreturn_t meson_mmc_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	u32 irq_en, status, raw_status;
 	irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;
 
+	irq_en = readl(host->regs + SD_EMMC_IRQ_EN);
+	raw_status = readl(host->regs + SD_EMMC_STATUS);
+	status = raw_status & irq_en;
+
+	if (!status) {
+		dev_dbg(host->dev,
+			"Unexpected IRQ! irq_en 0x%08x - status 0x%08x\n",
+			 irq_en, raw_status);
+		return IRQ_NONE;
+	}
+
 	if (WARN_ON(!host) || WARN_ON(!host->cmd))
 		return IRQ_NONE;
 
@@ -1006,22 +1021,18 @@ static irqreturn_t meson_mmc_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 	cmd = host->cmd;
 	data = cmd->data;
-	irq_en = readl(host->regs + SD_EMMC_IRQ_EN);
-	raw_status = readl(host->regs + SD_EMMC_STATUS);
-	status = raw_status & irq_en;
-
 	cmd->error = 0;
 	if (status & IRQ_CRC_ERR) {
 		dev_dbg(host->dev, "CRC Error - status 0x%08x\n", status);
 		cmd->error = -EILSEQ;
-		ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+		ret = IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (status & IRQ_TIMEOUTS) {
 		dev_dbg(host->dev, "Timeout - status 0x%08x\n", status);
 		cmd->error = -ETIMEDOUT;
-		ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+		ret = IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1046,17 +1057,49 @@ out:
 	/* ack all enabled interrupts */
 	writel(irq_en, host->regs + SD_EMMC_STATUS);
 
+	if (cmd->error) {
+		/* Stop desc in case of errors */
+		u32 start = readl(host->regs + SD_EMMC_START);
+
+		start &= ~START_DESC_BUSY;
+		writel(start, host->regs + SD_EMMC_START);
+	}
+
 	if (ret == IRQ_HANDLED)
 		meson_mmc_request_done(host->mmc, cmd->mrq);
-	else if (ret == IRQ_NONE)
-		dev_warn(host->dev,
-			 "Unexpected IRQ! status=0x%08x, irq_en=0x%08x\n",
-			 raw_status, irq_en);
 
 	spin_unlock(&host->lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int meson_mmc_wait_desc_stop(struct meson_host *host)
+{
+	int loop;
+	u32 status;
+
+	/*
+	 * It may sometimes take a while for it to actually halt. Here, we
+	 * are giving it 5ms to comply
+	 *
+	 * If we don't confirm the descriptor is stopped, it might raise new
+	 * IRQs after we have called mmc_request_done() which is bad.
+	 */
+	for (loop = 50; loop; loop--) {
+		status = readl(host->regs + SD_EMMC_STATUS);
+		if (status & (STATUS_BUSY | STATUS_DESC_BUSY))
+			udelay(100);
+		else
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (status & (STATUS_BUSY | STATUS_DESC_BUSY)) {
+		dev_err(host->dev, "Timed out waiting for host to stop\n");
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static irqreturn_t meson_mmc_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct meson_host *host = dev_id;
@@ -1067,6 +1110,13 @@ static irqreturn_t meson_mmc_irq_thread(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	if (WARN_ON(!cmd))
 		return IRQ_NONE;
 
+	if (cmd->error) {
+		meson_mmc_wait_desc_stop(host);
+		meson_mmc_request_done(host->mmc, cmd->mrq);
+
+		return IRQ_HANDLED;
+	}
+
 	data = cmd->data;
 	if (meson_mmc_bounce_buf_read(data)) {
 		xfer_bytes = data->blksz * data->blocks;
@@ -1107,6 +1157,9 @@ static void meson_mmc_cfg_init(struct meson_host *host)
 	cfg |= FIELD_PREP(CFG_RC_CC_MASK, ilog2(SD_EMMC_CFG_CMD_GAP));
 	cfg |= FIELD_PREP(CFG_BLK_LEN_MASK, ilog2(SD_EMMC_CFG_BLK_SIZE));
 
+	/* abort chain on R/W errors */
+	cfg |= CFG_ERR_ABORT;
+
 	writel(cfg, host->regs + SD_EMMC_CFG);
 }
 
