diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index ee879117017f021ed898a309e7eda99658d04b30..1f552c6e7579b5a42a665e89a69b5e7f798d161c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ static void mmc_blk_put(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 		if (!devmaj)
 			devidx = md->disk->first_minor >> MMC_SHIFT;
 
+		blk_cleanup_queue(md->queue.queue);
+
 		__clear_bit(devidx, dev_use);
 
 		put_disk(md->disk);
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
index 49e582356c65ab34bc17b1db1bbae002bc5faaff..c5a7a855f4b1c5f0a8ad7472a8f7896127d03ea8 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ static void mmc_request(struct request_queue *q)
 	struct request *req;
 
 	if (!mq) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "MMC: killing requests for dead queue\n");
-		while ((req = blk_fetch_request(q)) != NULL)
+		while ((req = blk_fetch_request(q)) != NULL) {
+			req->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
+		}
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -223,17 +224,18 @@ void mmc_cleanup_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq)
 	struct request_queue *q = mq->queue;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	/* Mark that we should start throwing out stragglers */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
-	q->queuedata = NULL;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
-
 	/* Make sure the queue isn't suspended, as that will deadlock */
 	mmc_queue_resume(mq);
 
 	/* Then terminate our worker thread */
 	kthread_stop(mq->thread);
 
+	/* Empty the queue */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
+	q->queuedata = NULL;
+	blk_start_queue(q);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
+
  	if (mq->bounce_sg)
  		kfree(mq->bounce_sg);
  	mq->bounce_sg = NULL;
@@ -245,8 +247,6 @@ void mmc_cleanup_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq)
 		kfree(mq->bounce_buf);
 	mq->bounce_buf = NULL;
 
-	blk_cleanup_queue(mq->queue);
-
 	mq->card = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_cleanup_queue);