diff --git a/sys/dev/mmc/host/dwmmc.c b/sys/dev/mmc/host/dwmmc.c
--- a/sys/dev/mmc/host/dwmmc.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mmc/host/dwmmc.c
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@
 #else
 	DWMMC_LOCK(sc);
 
-	if (READ4(sc, SDMMC_CDETECT) == 0) {
+	if (READ4(sc, SDMMC_CDETECT) == 0 ||
+	    (sc->mmc_helper.props & MMC_PROP_BROKEN_CD)) {
 		if (sc->child == NULL) {
 			if (bootverbose)
 				device_printf(sc->dev, "Card inserted\n");