diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 91a67677360807da48a3ae3e33d15ea404d3bb5c..3e9082b729ff9772cb8edcdf1bddeb391d6818cf 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_discard_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 	unsigned int from, nr, arg;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	mmc_claim_host(card->host);
-
 	if (!mmc_can_erase(card)) {
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out;
@@ -294,8 +292,6 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_discard_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 	__blk_end_request(req, err, blk_rq_bytes(req));
 	spin_unlock_irq(&md->lock);
 
-	mmc_release_host(card->host);
-
 	return err ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
@@ -307,8 +303,6 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_secdiscard_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq,
 	unsigned int from, nr, arg;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	mmc_claim_host(card->host);
-
 	if (!mmc_can_secure_erase_trim(card)) {
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out;
@@ -330,8 +324,6 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_secdiscard_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq,
 	__blk_end_request(req, err, blk_rq_bytes(req));
 	spin_unlock_irq(&md->lock);
 
-	mmc_release_host(card->host);
-
 	return err ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
@@ -402,8 +394,6 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 		(rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE) &&
 		REL_WRITES_SUPPORTED(card);
 
-	mmc_claim_host(card->host);
-
 	do {
 		struct mmc_command cmd;
 		u32 readcmd, writecmd, status = 0;
@@ -589,8 +579,6 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 		spin_unlock_irq(&md->lock);
 	} while (ret);
 
-	mmc_release_host(card->host);
-
 	return 1;
 
  cmd_err:
@@ -617,8 +605,6 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 		spin_unlock_irq(&md->lock);
 	}
 
-	mmc_release_host(card->host);
-
 	spin_lock_irq(&md->lock);
 	while (ret)
 		ret = __blk_end_request(req, -EIO, blk_rq_cur_bytes(req));
@@ -629,16 +615,25 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 
 static int mmc_blk_issue_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 {
+	int ret;
+	struct mmc_blk_data *md = mq->data;
+	struct mmc_card *card = md->queue.card;
+
+	mmc_claim_host(card->host);
+
 	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_DISCARD) {
 		if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_SECURE)
-			return mmc_blk_issue_secdiscard_rq(mq, req);
+			ret = mmc_blk_issue_secdiscard_rq(mq, req);
 		else
-			return mmc_blk_issue_discard_rq(mq, req);
+			ret = mmc_blk_issue_discard_rq(mq, req);
 	} else if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH) {
-		return mmc_blk_issue_flush(mq, req);
+		ret = mmc_blk_issue_flush(mq, req);
 	} else {
-		return mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(mq, req);
+		ret = mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(mq, req);
 	}
+
+	mmc_release_host(card->host);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline int mmc_blk_readonly(struct mmc_card *card)