diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index c900d2818aa7..59a13fce774e 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -2185,6 +2185,14 @@ static void mmc_blk_remove_req(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 	struct mmc_card *card;
 
 	if (md) {
+		/*
+		 * Flush remaining requests and free queues. It
+		 * is freeing the queue that stops new requests
+		 * from being accepted.
+		 */
+		mmc_cleanup_queue(&md->queue);
+		if (md->flags & MMC_BLK_PACKED_CMD)
+			mmc_packed_clean(&md->queue);
 		card = md->queue.card;
 		if (md->disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP) {
 			device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk), &md->force_ro);
@@ -2193,14 +2201,8 @@ static void mmc_blk_remove_req(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 				device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk),
 					&md->power_ro_lock);
 
-			/* Stop new requests from getting into the queue */
 			del_gendisk(md->disk);
 		}
-
-		/* Then flush out any already in there */
-		mmc_cleanup_queue(&md->queue);
-		if (md->flags & MMC_BLK_PACKED_CMD)
-			mmc_packed_clean(&md->queue);
 		mmc_blk_put(md);
 	}
 }