diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.h b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.h
index 100ffe0b2faf..d6ceb1a5e56f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ struct tmio_mmc_host {
 	struct mutex		ios_lock;	/* protect set_ios() context */
 	bool			native_hotplug;
 	bool			resuming;
+	bool			sdio_irq_enabled;
 };
 
 int tmio_mmc_host_probe(struct tmio_mmc_host **host,
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c
index faf0924e71cb..5c2e5a36258a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c
@@ -129,15 +129,22 @@ static void tmio_mmc_enable_sdio_irq(struct mmc_host *mmc, int enable)
 {
 	struct tmio_mmc_host *host = mmc_priv(mmc);
 
-	if (enable) {
+	if (enable && !host->sdio_irq_enabled) {
+		/* Keep device active while SDIO irq is enabled */
+		pm_runtime_get_sync(mmc_dev(mmc));
+		host->sdio_irq_enabled = true;
+
 		host->sdio_irq_mask = TMIO_SDIO_MASK_ALL &
 					~TMIO_SDIO_STAT_IOIRQ;
 		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_TRANSACTION_CTL, 0x0001);
 		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_SDIO_IRQ_MASK, host->sdio_irq_mask);
-	} else {
+	} else if (!enable && host->sdio_irq_enabled) {
 		host->sdio_irq_mask = TMIO_SDIO_MASK_ALL;
 		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_SDIO_IRQ_MASK, host->sdio_irq_mask);
 		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_TRANSACTION_CTL, 0x0000);
+
+		host->sdio_irq_enabled = false;
+		pm_runtime_put(mmc_dev(mmc));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1074,8 +1081,12 @@ int tmio_mmc_host_probe(struct tmio_mmc_host **host,
 
 	_host->sdcard_irq_mask &= ~irq_mask;
 
-	if (pdata->flags & TMIO_MMC_SDIO_IRQ)
-		tmio_mmc_enable_sdio_irq(mmc, 0);
+	_host->sdio_irq_enabled = false;
+	if (pdata->flags & TMIO_MMC_SDIO_IRQ) {
+		_host->sdio_irq_mask = TMIO_SDIO_MASK_ALL;
+		sd_ctrl_write16(_host, CTL_SDIO_IRQ_MASK, _host->sdio_irq_mask);
+		sd_ctrl_write16(_host, CTL_TRANSACTION_CTL, 0x0000);
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&_host->lock);
 	mutex_init(&_host->ios_lock);