diff --git a/drivers/mmcsd/Kconfig b/drivers/mmcsd/Kconfig
index 8a663eb113..7ace74ea7e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmcsd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mmcsd/Kconfig
@@ -177,6 +177,19 @@ config MMCSD_BLOCK_WDATADELAY
 		Some hardware needs to configure this delay to write one data block, because
 		the hardware needs more time for wear leveling and bad block management.
 
+config MMCSD_CHECK_READY_STATUS_WITHOUT_SLEEP
+	bool "No sleep in ready-check function."
+	default n
+	---help---
+		Since nxsig_usleep returns at the tick after the next tick, when
+		CONFIG_USEC_PER_TICK is big, the real sleep time is much more than
+		desired in mmcsd_transferready(). As a result, write speed is
+		affected seriously.
+
+		When this configuration is enabled, the sleep in mmcsd_transferready
+		will be skipped. However, CPU will be hogged by the process during
+		this period of writing time.
+
 endif
 
 endif # MMCSD
diff --git a/drivers/mmcsd/mmcsd_sdio.c b/drivers/mmcsd/mmcsd_sdio.c
index 3ee7eb2680..debb7d9c12 100644
--- a/drivers/mmcsd/mmcsd_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/mmcsd/mmcsd_sdio.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,13 @@ static int mmcsd_transferready(FAR struct mmcsd_state_s *priv)
 
       /* Do not hog the CPU */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMCSD_CHECK_READY_STATUS_WITHOUT_SLEEP
+      /* Use sched_yield when tick is big to avoid low writing speed */
+
+      sched_yield();
+#else
       nxsig_usleep(1000);
+#endif
 
       /* We are still in the programming state. Calculate the elapsed
        * time... we can't stay in this loop forever!