diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
index a51f9309ffbb1e49947939fb60d6c6dcc8e3be93..e62e58e5053d32328153e418c261697a9292b714 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mxs-mmc.c
@@ -285,11 +285,11 @@ static irqreturn_t mxs_mmc_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	writel(stat & MXS_MMC_IRQ_BITS,
 	       host->base + HW_SSP_CTRL1(host) + STMP_OFFSET_REG_CLR);
 
+	spin_unlock(&host->lock);
+
 	if ((stat & BM_SSP_CTRL1_SDIO_IRQ) && (stat & BM_SSP_CTRL1_SDIO_IRQ_EN))
 		mmc_signal_sdio_irq(host->mmc);
 
-	spin_unlock(&host->lock);
-
 	if (stat & BM_SSP_CTRL1_RESP_TIMEOUT_IRQ)
 		cmd->error = -ETIMEDOUT;
 	else if (stat & BM_SSP_CTRL1_RESP_ERR_IRQ)