diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
index 9f8368a123..3648950cf5 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
@@ -1751,7 +1751,9 @@ int mmc_init(struct mmc *mmc)
 
 	if (!err)
 		err = mmc_complete_init(mmc);
-	debug("%s: %d, time %lu\n", __func__, err, get_timer(start));
+	if (err)
+		printf("%s: %d, time %lu\n", __func__, err, get_timer(start));
+
 	return err;
 }