diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index 50a674be665586af87750896f7f01924d76a6e66..df478ae72e23235ca8939128b2ad37497aaf4b71 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -1058,6 +1058,7 @@ static int dw_mci_submit_data_dma(struct dw_mci *host, struct mmc_data *data)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->irq_lock, irqflags);
 
 	if (host->dma_ops->start(host, sg_len)) {
+		host->dma_ops->stop(host);
 		/* We can't do DMA, try PIO for this one */
 		dev_dbg(host->dev,
 			"%s: fall back to PIO mode for current transfer\n",