diff --git a/components/driver/include/driver/sdio_slave.h b/components/driver/include/driver/sdio_slave.h
index 55fe6af77..fba650d1d 100644
--- a/components/driver/include/driver/sdio_slave.h
+++ b/components/driver/include/driver/sdio_slave.h
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ typedef enum {
 
 /// Timing of SDIO slave
 typedef enum {
-    SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_NSEND_PSAMPLE = 0,///< Send at negedge, and sample at posedge. Default value for SD protocol.
-    SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_NSEND_NSAMPLE,    ///< Send at negedge, and sample at negedge
-    SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_PSEND_PSAMPLE,    ///< Send at posedge, and sample at posedge
+    SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_PSEND_PSAMPLE = 0,/**< Send at posedge, and sample at posedge. Default value for HS mode.
+                                         *   Normally there's no problem using this to work in DS mode.
+                                         */
+    SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_NSEND_PSAMPLE    ,///< Send at negedge, and sample at posedge. Default value for DS mode and below.
     SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_PSEND_NSAMPLE,    ///< Send at posedge, and sample at negedge
+    SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_NSEND_NSAMPLE,    ///< Send at negedge, and sample at negedge
 } sdio_slave_timing_t;
 
 /// Configuration of SDIO slave mode
diff --git a/components/driver/sdio_slave.c b/components/driver/sdio_slave.c
index 970871575..05518f83f 100644
--- a/components/driver/sdio_slave.c
+++ b/components/driver/sdio_slave.c
@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ static void configure_pin(int pin, uint32_t func, bool pullup)
     PIN_INPUT_ENABLE(reg);
     PIN_FUNC_SELECT(reg, sdmmc_func);
     PIN_SET_DRV(reg, drive_strength);
+    gpio_pulldown_dis(pin);
     if (pullup) {
         gpio_pullup_en(pin);
-        gpio_pulldown_dis(pin);
     }
 }
 
@@ -516,28 +516,28 @@ static inline esp_err_t sdio_slave_hw_init(sdio_slave_config_t *config)
 
     switch(config->timing) {
         case SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_PSEND_PSAMPLE:
-            HOST.conf.frc_sdio20 = 0xf;
+            HOST.conf.frc_sdio20 = 0x1f;
             HOST.conf.frc_sdio11 = 0;
-            HOST.conf.frc_pos_samp = 0xf;
+            HOST.conf.frc_pos_samp = 0x1f;
             HOST.conf.frc_neg_samp = 0;
             break;
         case SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_PSEND_NSAMPLE:
-            HOST.conf.frc_sdio20 = 0xf;
+            HOST.conf.frc_sdio20 = 0x1f;
             HOST.conf.frc_sdio11 = 0;
             HOST.conf.frc_pos_samp = 0;
-            HOST.conf.frc_neg_samp = 0xf;
+            HOST.conf.frc_neg_samp = 0x1f;
             break;
         case SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_NSEND_PSAMPLE:
             HOST.conf.frc_sdio20 = 0;
-            HOST.conf.frc_sdio11 = 0xf;
-            HOST.conf.frc_pos_samp = 0xf;
+            HOST.conf.frc_sdio11 = 0x1f;
+            HOST.conf.frc_pos_samp = 0x1f;
             HOST.conf.frc_neg_samp = 0;
             break;
         case SDIO_SLAVE_TIMING_NSEND_NSAMPLE:
             HOST.conf.frc_sdio20 = 0;
-            HOST.conf.frc_sdio11 = 0xf;
+            HOST.conf.frc_sdio11 = 0x1f;
             HOST.conf.frc_pos_samp = 0;
-            HOST.conf.frc_neg_samp = 0xf;
+            HOST.conf.frc_neg_samp = 0x1f;
             break;
     }
 
diff --git a/examples/peripherals/sdio/host/main/app_main.c b/examples/peripherals/sdio/host/main/app_main.c
index aaecfe74c..a25fe381e 100644
--- a/examples/peripherals/sdio/host/main/app_main.c
+++ b/examples/peripherals/sdio/host/main/app_main.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ esp_err_t slave_init(esp_slave_context_t *context)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SDIO_EXAMPLE_HIGHSPEED
     config.max_freq_khz = SDMMC_FREQ_HIGHSPEED;
 #else
-    config.max_freq_khz = SDMMC_FREQ_PROBING;
+    config.max_freq_khz = SDMMC_FREQ_DEFAULT;
 #endif
 
     sdmmc_slot_config_t slot_config = SDMMC_SLOT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
@@ -209,14 +209,15 @@ void slave_power_on()
     };
     gpio_config(&cfg);
     gpio_set_level(SLAVE_PWR_GPIO, 0);  //low active
+    vTaskDelay(100);
 #endif
 }
 
+DMA_ATTR uint8_t rcv_buffer[READ_BUFFER_LEN];
+
 //try to get an interrupt from the slave and handle it, return if none.
 esp_err_t process_event(esp_slave_context_t *context)
 {
-    uint8_t buffer[READ_BUFFER_LEN];
-
     esp_err_t ret = esp_slave_wait_int(context, 0);
     if (ret == ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT) {
         return ret;
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ esp_err_t process_event(esp_slave_context_t *context)
         ESP_LOGD(TAG, "new packet coming");
         while (1) {
             size_t size_read = READ_BUFFER_LEN;
-            ret = esp_slave_get_packet(context, buffer, READ_BUFFER_LEN, &size_read, wait_ms);
+            ret = esp_slave_get_packet(context, rcv_buffer, READ_BUFFER_LEN, &size_read, wait_ms);
             if (ret == ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND) {
                 ESP_LOGE(TAG, "interrupt but no data can be read");
                 break;
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ esp_err_t process_event(esp_slave_context_t *context)
             }
 
             ESP_LOGI(TAG, "receive data, size: %d", size_read);
-            ESP_LOG_BUFFER_HEXDUMP(TAG, buffer, size_read, ESP_LOG_INFO);
+            ESP_LOG_BUFFER_HEXDUMP(TAG, rcv_buffer, size_read, ESP_LOG_INFO);
             if (ret == ESP_OK) {
                 break;
             }
@@ -297,13 +298,13 @@ void job_write_reg(esp_slave_context_t *context, int value)
 //use 1+1+1+1+4+4=12 packets, 513 and 517 not sent
 int packet_len[] = {3, 6, 12, 128, 511, 512, 513, 517};
 //the sending buffer should be word aligned
-DMA_ATTR uint8_t buffer[1024];
+DMA_ATTR uint8_t send_buffer[READ_BUFFER_LEN];
 
 //send packets to the slave (they will return and be handled by the interrupt handler)
 void job_fifo(esp_slave_context_t *context)
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < 1024; i++) {
-        buffer[i] = 0x46 + i * 5;
+        send_buffer[i] = 0x46 + i * 5;
     }
 
     esp_err_t ret;
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ void job_fifo(esp_slave_context_t *context)
     for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(packet_len) / sizeof(int); i++) {
         const int wait_ms = 50;
         int length = packet_len[i];
-        ret = esp_slave_send_packet(context, buffer + pointer, length, wait_ms);
+        ret = esp_slave_send_packet(context, send_buffer + pointer, length, wait_ms);
         if (ret == ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT) {
             ESP_LOGD(TAG, "several packets are expected to timeout.");
         } else {