diff --git a/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.c b/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.c
index b57e67ef1a4d..a6bcd74f96e6 100644
--- a/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.c
+++ b/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.c
@@ -29,17 +29,27 @@ esp_err_t sdmmc_init_ocr(sdmmc_card_t* card)
      */
 
     uint32_t host_ocr = get_host_ocr(card->host.io_voltage);
+
+    /* 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) {
-        host_ocr |= SD_OCR_SDHC_CAP;
+        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) {