diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
index dd7f936c974e5bcfbf0a49df9af68da99cf2c5fb..4c622ad26a7026aed08e382f63e4d369655d62ea 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
@@ -542,11 +542,6 @@ static void meson_mmc_request(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_request *mrq)
 	/* Stop execution */
 	writel(0, host->regs + SD_EMMC_START);
 
-	/* clear, ack, enable all interrupts */
-	writel(0, host->regs + SD_EMMC_IRQ_EN);
-	writel(IRQ_EN_MASK, host->regs + SD_EMMC_STATUS);
-	writel(IRQ_EN_MASK, host->regs + SD_EMMC_IRQ_EN);
-
 	host->mrq = mrq;
 
 	if (mrq->sbc)
@@ -775,6 +770,7 @@ static int meson_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* clear, ack, enable all interrupts */
 	writel(0, host->regs + SD_EMMC_IRQ_EN);
 	writel(IRQ_EN_MASK, host->regs + SD_EMMC_STATUS);
+	writel(IRQ_EN_MASK, host->regs + SD_EMMC_IRQ_EN);
 
 	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, host->irq,
 					meson_mmc_irq, meson_mmc_irq_thread,
@@ -812,6 +808,9 @@ static int meson_mmc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (WARN_ON(!host))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* disable interrupts */
+	writel(0, host->regs + SD_EMMC_IRQ_EN);
+
 	if (host->bounce_buf)
 		dma_free_coherent(host->dev, host->bounce_buf_size,
 				  host->bounce_buf, host->bounce_dma_addr);