diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
index 927ed24d0708eea6122b0a829851be8c2f5d0915..b438f0addb3c3185bf9e9ad913f4683fd89db042 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
@@ -1375,7 +1375,6 @@ static int mmc_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	host->mem_res = res;
 	host->irq = irq;
 	host->use_dma = 1;
-	host->irq = irq;
 	host->phys_base = host->mem_res->start;
 	host->virt_base = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	if (!host->virt_base)