Index: linux-2.6.38-rc6/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.38-rc6.orig/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c	2011-02-22 02:25:52.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.38-rc6/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c	2011-02-27 00:58:54.735744872 +0100
@@ -1456,6 +1456,7 @@
 	host->dma_ch = -1;
 
 	host->irq = irq;
+	host->reg_shift = (cpu_is_omap7xx() ? 1 : 2);
 	host->phys_base = host->mem_res->start;
 	host->virt_base = ioremap(res->start, res->end - res->start + 1);
 	if (!host->virt_base)
@@ -1495,7 +1496,9 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	host->reg_shift = (cpu_is_omap7xx() ? 1 : 2);
+	/* Make sure the detect workqueue was run at least once. */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "OMAP-mmc: waiting for cards...\n");
+	mmc_flush_scheduled_work();
 
 	return 0;
 
Index: linux-2.6.38-rc6/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.38-rc6.orig/drivers/mmc/core/core.c	2011-02-22 02:25:52.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.38-rc6/drivers/mmc/core/core.c	2011-02-27 00:57:32.633556994 +0100
@@ -75,12 +75,13 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Internal function. Flush all scheduled work from the MMC work queue.
+ * Flush all scheduled work from the MMC work queue.
  */
-static void mmc_flush_scheduled_work(void)
+void mmc_flush_scheduled_work(void)
 {
 	flush_workqueue(workqueue);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_flush_scheduled_work);
 
 /**
  *	mmc_request_done - finish processing an MMC request
Index: linux-2.6.38-rc6/include/linux/mmc/host.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.38-rc6.orig/include/linux/mmc/host.h	2011-02-22 02:25:52.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.38-rc6/include/linux/mmc/host.h	2011-02-27 00:57:32.633556994 +0100
@@ -326,5 +326,7 @@
 	return host->pm_flags & MMC_PM_KEEP_POWER;
 }
 
+void mmc_flush_scheduled_work(void);
+
 #endif