diff --git a/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.c b/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.c
index c28d447581..6ad6f00a34 100644
--- a/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.c
+++ b/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.c
@@ -28,17 +28,27 @@ esp_err_t sdmmc_init_ocr(sdmmc_card_t* card)
      */
 
     uint32_t host_ocr = get_host_ocr(card->host.io_voltage);
-    if ((card->ocr & SD_OCR_SDHC_CAP) != 0) {
-        host_ocr |= SD_OCR_SDHC_CAP;
+
+    /* In SPI mode, the only non-zero bit of ACMD41 is HCS (bit 30)
+     * In SD mode, bits 23:8 contain the supported voltage mask
+     */
+    uint32_t acmd41_arg = 0;
+    if (!host_is_spi(card)) {
+        acmd41_arg = host_ocr;
     }
+
+    if ((card->ocr & SD_OCR_SDHC_CAP) != 0) {
+        acmd41_arg |= SD_OCR_SDHC_CAP;
+    }
+
     /* Send SEND_OP_COND (ACMD41) command to the card until it becomes ready. */
-    err = sdmmc_send_cmd_send_op_cond(card, host_ocr, &card->ocr);
+    err = sdmmc_send_cmd_send_op_cond(card, acmd41_arg, &card->ocr);
 
     /* If time-out, re-try send_op_cond as MMC */
     if (err == ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT && !host_is_spi(card)) {
         ESP_LOGD(TAG, "send_op_cond timeout, trying MMC");
         card->is_mmc = 1;
-        err = sdmmc_send_cmd_send_op_cond(card, host_ocr, &card->ocr);
+        err = sdmmc_send_cmd_send_op_cond(card, acmd41_arg, &card->ocr);
     }
 
     if (err != ESP_OK) {
diff --git a/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.h b/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.h
index e07ebd9109..34d584e6b4 100644
--- a/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.h
+++ b/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 /* Maximum retry/error count for SEND_OP_COND (CMD1).
  * These are somewhat arbitrary, values originate from OpenBSD driver.
  */
-#define SDMMC_SEND_OP_COND_MAX_RETRIES  100
+#define SDMMC_SEND_OP_COND_MAX_RETRIES  300
 #define SDMMC_SEND_OP_COND_MAX_ERRORS   3
 
 /* Functions to send individual commands */