diff --git a/hw/sd/sdhci.c b/hw/sd/sdhci.c
index e95ea34895dbf47a312ad16b7be68af41c84ae19..8bfdcf685477af959c07e461a07b6cb0215569c0 100644
--- a/hw/sd/sdhci.c
+++ b/hw/sd/sdhci.c
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ static void sdhci_do_adma(SDHCIState *s)
                 }
             }
             if (res != MEMTX_OK) {
+                s->data_count = 0;
                 if (s->errintstsen & SDHC_EISEN_ADMAERR) {
                     trace_sdhci_error("Set ADMA error flag");
                     s->errintsts |= SDHC_EIS_ADMAERR;