diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
index 1708818549752fe2dcb3f52e704e6651636e0767..3f8c85d5aa094b43666904c7dbbe5e62c9763c19 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ struct mmc_host *mmc_alloc_host(int extra, struct device *dev)
 
 	if (mmc_gpio_alloc(host)) {
 		put_device(&host->class_dev);
+		ida_simple_remove(&mmc_host_ida, host->index);
+		kfree(host);
 		return NULL;
 	}