diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
index f5d8b53be333aa9c997b0e82c1e8e69a8204eb0d..352d4797865b4a9b76d58781cf80117c680e17c2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mmcif.c
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ static int __devinit sh_mmcif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto clean_up2;
 
-	mmc_add_host(mmc);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&host->timeout_work, mmcif_timeout_work);
 
 	sh_mmcif_writel(host->addr, MMCIF_CE_INT_MASK, MASK_ALL);
 
@@ -1338,22 +1338,24 @@ static int __devinit sh_mmcif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	ret = request_threaded_irq(irq[1], sh_mmcif_intr, sh_mmcif_irqt, 0, "sh_mmc:int", host);
 	if (ret) {
-		free_irq(irq[0], host);
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "request_irq error (sh_mmc:int)\n");
-		goto clean_up3;
+		goto clean_up4;
 	}
 
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&host->timeout_work, mmcif_timeout_work);
-
-	mmc_detect_change(host->mmc, 0);
+	ret = mmc_add_host(mmc);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto clean_up5;
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "driver version %s\n", DRIVER_VERSION);
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "chip ver H'%04x\n",
 		sh_mmcif_readl(host->addr, MMCIF_CE_VERSION) & 0x0000ffff);
 	return ret;
 
+clean_up5:
+	free_irq(irq[1], host);
+clean_up4:
+	free_irq(irq[0], host);
 clean_up3:
-	mmc_remove_host(mmc);
 	pm_runtime_suspend(&pdev->dev);
 clean_up2:
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);