unsigned int            dma_len;
        unsigned int            dma_sg_idx;
        unsigned char           bus_mode;
+       unsigned char           power_mode;
        u32                     *buffer;
        u32                     bytesleft;
        int                     suspended;
        unsigned long regval;
        unsigned long timeout;
        u32 con;
+       int do_send_init_stream = 0;
 
        mmc_host_enable(host->mmc);
 
-       switch (ios->power_mode) {
-       case MMC_POWER_OFF:
-               mmc_slot(host).set_power(host->dev, host->slot_id, 0, 0);
-               break;
-       case MMC_POWER_UP:
-               mmc_slot(host).set_power(host->dev, host->slot_id, 1, ios->vdd);
-               break;
+       if (ios->power_mode != host->power_mode) {
+               switch (ios->power_mode) {
+               case MMC_POWER_OFF:
+                       mmc_slot(host).set_power(host->dev, host->slot_id,
+                                                0, 0);
+                       break;
+               case MMC_POWER_UP:
+                       mmc_slot(host).set_power(host->dev, host->slot_id,
+                                                1, ios->vdd);
+                       break;
+               case MMC_POWER_ON:
+                       do_send_init_stream = 1;
+                       break;
+               }
+               host->power_mode = ios->power_mode;
        }
 
        con = OMAP_HSMMC_READ(host->base, CON);
        OMAP_HSMMC_WRITE(host->base, SYSCTL,
                OMAP_HSMMC_READ(host->base, SYSCTL) | CEN);
 
-       if (ios->power_mode == MMC_POWER_ON)
+       if (do_send_init_stream)
                send_init_stream(host);
 
        if (ios->bus_mode == MMC_BUSMODE_OPENDRAIN)
        host->slot_id   = 0;
        host->mapbase   = res->start;
        host->base      = ioremap(host->mapbase, SZ_4K);
+       host->power_mode = -1;
 
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, host);
        INIT_WORK(&host->mmc_carddetect_work, mmc_omap_detect);