diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
index 2b200c1cfbba151a3348706d6a61668280119b0a..461e6a17fb90e8526d96054f2ec90f44a85e70c3 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void mmc_host_clk_gate_delayed(struct mmc_host *host)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
-	mmc_claim_host(host);
+	mutex_lock(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&host->clk_lock, flags);
 	if (!host->clk_requests) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static void mmc_host_clk_gate_delayed(struct mmc_host *host)
 		pr_debug("%s: gated MCI clock\n", mmc_hostname(host));
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
-	mmc_release_host(host);
+	mutex_unlock(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void mmc_host_clk_ungate(struct mmc_host *host)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	mmc_claim_host(host);
+	mutex_lock(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&host->clk_lock, flags);
 	if (host->clk_gated) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void mmc_host_clk_ungate(struct mmc_host *host)
 	}
 	host->clk_requests++;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
-	mmc_release_host(host);
+	mutex_unlock(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static inline void mmc_host_clk_init(struct mmc_host *host)
 	host->clk_gated = false;
 	INIT_WORK(&host->clk_gate_work, mmc_host_clk_gate_work);
 	spin_lock_init(&host->clk_lock);
+	mutex_init(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
index eb792cb6d745a9bdc0069eba1139e1f20d33e5d6..bcb793ec7374f61d2552cca43f573bdd1f100ece 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ struct mmc_host {
 	struct work_struct	clk_gate_work; /* delayed clock gate */
 	unsigned int		clk_old;	/* old clock value cache */
 	spinlock_t		clk_lock;	/* lock for clk fields */
+	struct mutex		clk_gate_mutex;	/* mutex for clock gating */
 #endif
 
 	/* host specific block data */