diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index bebcb8e11efbc3968da16083d44ca5b401ebfba9..1a3163f1407e2093a43a6a1c61db5a9538f6a329 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -2230,10 +2230,10 @@ static void mmc_blk_remove_req(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 		 * is freeing the queue that stops new requests
 		 * from being accepted.
 		 */
+		card = md->queue.card;
 		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);
 			if ((md->area_type & MMC_BLK_DATA_AREA_BOOT) &&