diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
index f5c821e..d858127 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
@@ -2449,6 +2449,10 @@
 	bdesc->revision[0] = 0;
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(CONFIG_DM_MMC) && (!defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT))
+	part_init(bdesc);
+#endif
+
 	return 0;
 }