diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
index d25bc97dc5c60063bb609b22973e41790ced9762..43cd0b54db07524ee7f6555d3209df888d03fddd 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
@@ -1231,10 +1231,6 @@ static irqreturn_t sh_mmcif_intr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		host->sd_error = true;
 		dev_dbg(&host->pd->dev, "int err state = %08x\n", state);
 	}
-	if (host->state == STATE_IDLE) {
-		dev_info(&host->pd->dev, "Spurious IRQ status 0x%x", state);
-		return IRQ_HANDLED;
-	}
 	if (state & ~(INT_CMD12RBE | INT_CMD12CRE)) {
 		if (!host->dma_active)
 			return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;