diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index b60d1fb3a07a..13e6fe060f26 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -1649,7 +1649,6 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *rqc)
 				!IS_ALIGNED(blk_rq_sectors(rqc), 8)) {
 				pr_err("%s: Transfer size is not 4KB sector size aligned\n",
 					rqc->rq_disk->disk_name);
-				mq_rq = mq->mqrq_cur;
 				req = rqc;
 				rqc = NULL;
 				goto cmd_abort;