diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index e5938c791330c9be1203c2698bc511e4f98aaea4..f1bbfd389367ff4530137be199c4063c65f97f5c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -2170,7 +2170,9 @@ static void mmc_blk_remove_req(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 		 * from being accepted.
 		 */
 		card = md->queue.card;
+		spin_lock_irq(md->queue.queue->queue_lock);
 		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_BYPASS, md->queue.queue);
+		spin_unlock_irq(md->queue.queue->queue_lock);
 		blk_set_queue_dying(md->queue.queue);
 		mmc_cleanup_queue(&md->queue);
 		if (md->disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP) {