diff --git a/arch/arc/dts/hsdk.dts b/arch/arc/dts/hsdk.dts
index 5e9ba05..7028050 100644
--- a/arch/arc/dts/hsdk.dts
+++ b/arch/arc/dts/hsdk.dts
@@ -86,6 +86,32 @@
 		reg = <0xf0060000 0x100>;
 	};
 
+	mmcclk_ciu: mmcclk-ciu {
+		compatible = "fixed-clock";
+		/*
+		 * DW sdio controller has external ciu clock divider
+		 * controlled via register in SDIO IP. Due to its
+		 * unexpected default value (it should divide by 1
+		 * but it divides by 8) SDIO IP uses wrong clock and
+		 * works unstable (see STAR 9001204800)
+		 * We switched to the minimum possible value of the
+		 * divisor (div-by-2) in HSDK platform code.
+		 * So default mmcclk ciu clock is 50000000 Hz.
+		 */
+		clock-frequency = <50000000>;
+		#clock-cells = <0>;
+	};
+
+	mmc: mmc0@f000a000 {
+		compatible = "snps,dw-mshc";
+		reg = <0xf000a000 0x400>;
+		bus-width = <4>;
+		fifo-depth = <256>;
+		clocks = <&cgu_clk CLK_SYS_SDIO>, <&mmcclk_ciu>;
+		clock-names = "biu", "ciu";
+		max-frequency = <25000000>;
+	};
+
 	spi0: spi@f0020000 {
 		compatible = "snps,dw-apb-ssi";
 		reg = <0xf0020000 0x1000>;
diff --git a/board/synopsys/hsdk/hsdk.c b/board/synopsys/hsdk/hsdk.c
index 8a2c201..ac4d980 100644
--- a/board/synopsys/hsdk/hsdk.c
+++ b/board/synopsys/hsdk/hsdk.c
@@ -982,6 +982,12 @@
 	 */
 	init_memory_bridge();
 
+	/*
+	 * Switch SDIO external ciu clock divider from default div-by-8 to
+	 * minimum possible div-by-2.
+	 */
+	writel(SDIO_UHS_REG_EXT_DIV_2, (void __iomem *)SDIO_UHS_REG_EXT);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1019,41 +1025,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int board_mmc_getcd(struct mmc *mmc)
-{
-	struct dwmci_host *host = mmc->priv;
-
-	return !(dwmci_readl(host, DWMCI_CDETECT) & 1);
-}
-
-int board_mmc_init(bd_t *bis)
-{
-	struct dwmci_host *host = NULL;
-
-	host = malloc(sizeof(struct dwmci_host));
-	if (!host) {
-		printf("dwmci_host malloc fail!\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Switch SDIO external ciu clock divider from default div-by-8 to
-	 * minimum possible div-by-2.
-	 */
-	writel(SDIO_UHS_REG_EXT_DIV_2, (void __iomem *)SDIO_UHS_REG_EXT);
-
-	memset(host, 0, sizeof(struct dwmci_host));
-	host->name = "Synopsys Mobile storage";
-	host->ioaddr = (void *)ARC_DWMMC_BASE;
-	host->buswidth = 4;
-	host->dev_index = 0;
-	host->bus_hz = 50000000;
-
-	add_dwmci(host, host->bus_hz / 2, 400000);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int checkboard(void)
 {
 	puts("Board: Synopsys ARC HS Development Kit\n");
diff --git a/configs/hsdk_defconfig b/configs/hsdk_defconfig
index e0eb6bd..e28ceae 100644
--- a/configs/hsdk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/hsdk_defconfig
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_HSDK_CREG_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_MMC=y
+CONFIG_DM_MMC=y
 CONFIG_MMC_DW=y
+CONFIG_MMC_DW_SNPS=y
 CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SST=y