diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index 78359baee369..97e5f40a831f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -2207,6 +2207,22 @@ static void sdhci_tasklet_finish(unsigned long param)
 
 	mrq = host->mrq;
 
+	/*
+	 * Always unmap the data buffers if they were mapped by
+	 * sdhci_prepare_data() whenever we finish with a request.
+	 * This avoids leaking DMA mappings on error.
+	 */
+	if (host->flags & SDHCI_REQ_USE_DMA) {
+		struct mmc_data *data = mrq->data;
+
+		if (data && data->host_cookie == COOKIE_MAPPED) {
+			dma_unmap_sg(mmc_dev(host->mmc), data->sg, data->sg_len,
+				     (data->flags & MMC_DATA_READ) ?
+				     DMA_FROM_DEVICE : DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+			data->host_cookie = COOKIE_UNMAPPED;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * The controller needs a reset of internal state machines
 	 * upon error conditions.