diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
index 50f47d4..7b5c55b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
@@ -1753,6 +1753,11 @@
 		mmc_set_bus_width(mmc, 1);
 		mmc_select_mode(mmc, MMC_LEGACY);
 		mmc_set_clock(mmc, mmc->tran_speed, MMC_CLK_ENABLE);
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MMC_WRITE)
+		err = sd_read_ssr(mmc);
+		if (err)
+			pr_warn("unable to read ssr\n");
+#endif
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc_spi.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc_spi.c
index ddfebb6..18d3687 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc_spi.c
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@
 	case MMC_CMD_READ_MULTIPLE_BLOCK:
 	case MMC_CMD_WRITE_SINGLE_BLOCK:
 	case MMC_CMD_WRITE_MULTIPLE_BLOCK:
+	case MMC_CMD_APP_CMD:
 		resp = &resp8;
 		resp_size = sizeof(resp8);
 		break;