diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mvsdio.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mvsdio.c
index 41aca7f28c23..9377284f8544 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mvsdio.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mvsdio.c
@@ -354,6 +354,20 @@ static irqreturn_t mvsd_irq(int irq, void *dev)
 		intr_status, mvsd_read(MVSD_NOR_INTR_EN),
 		mvsd_read(MVSD_HW_STATE));
 
+	/*
+	 * It looks like, SDIO IP can issue one late, spurious irq
+	 * although all irqs should be disabled. To work around this,
+	 * bail out early, if we didn't expect any irqs to occur.
+	 */
+	if (!mvsd_read(MVSD_NOR_INTR_EN) && !mvsd_read(MVSD_ERR_INTR_EN)) {
+		dev_dbg(host->dev, "spurious irq detected intr 0x%04x intr_en 0x%04x erri 0x%04x erri_en 0x%04x\n",
+			mvsd_read(MVSD_NOR_INTR_STATUS),
+			mvsd_read(MVSD_NOR_INTR_EN),
+			mvsd_read(MVSD_ERR_INTR_STATUS),
+			mvsd_read(MVSD_ERR_INTR_EN));
+		return IRQ_HANDLED;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock(&host->lock);
 
 	/* PIO handling, if needed. Messy business... */