diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index 20135a5de748..c895bb0d5569 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -2647,7 +2647,6 @@ static void mmc_blk_remove_req(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 		 * from being accepted.
 		 */
 		card = md->queue.card;
-		mmc_cleanup_queue(&md->queue);
 		if (md->disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP) {
 			device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk), &md->force_ro);
 			if ((md->area_type & MMC_BLK_DATA_AREA_BOOT) &&
@@ -2657,6 +2656,7 @@ static void mmc_blk_remove_req(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 
 			del_gendisk(md->disk);
 		}
+		mmc_cleanup_queue(&md->queue);
 		mmc_blk_put(md);
 	}
 }