diff --git a/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.h b/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.h
index 759151e14c..04dbff3616 100644
--- a/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.h
+++ b/components/sdmmc/sdmmc_common.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 /* 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
 
 /* supported arguments for erase command 38 */