diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 03670aa5ac8e..c3335112e68c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -2144,7 +2144,7 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *rqc)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int mmc_blk_issue_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
+int mmc_blk_issue_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct mmc_blk_data *md = mq->data;
@@ -2265,7 +2265,6 @@ again:
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_putdisk;
 
-	md->queue.issue_fn = mmc_blk_issue_rq;
 	md->queue.data = md;
 
 	md->disk->major	= MMC_BLOCK_MAJOR;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.h b/drivers/mmc/card/block.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cdabb2ee74be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+int mmc_blk_issue_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req);
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
index 708057261b38..8037f73a109a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 
 #include <linux/mmc/card.h>
 #include <linux/mmc/host.h>
+
 #include "queue.h"
+#include "block.h"
 
 #define MMC_QUEUE_BOUNCESZ	65536
 
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ static int mmc_queue_thread(void *d)
 			bool req_is_special = mmc_req_is_special(req);
 
 			set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-			mq->issue_fn(mq, req);
+			mmc_blk_issue_rq(mq, req);
 			cond_resched();
 			if (mq->flags & MMC_QUEUE_NEW_REQUEST) {
 				mq->flags &= ~MMC_QUEUE_NEW_REQUEST;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h
index fee5e1271465..3c15a75bae86 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.h
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ struct mmc_queue {
 	unsigned int		flags;
 #define MMC_QUEUE_SUSPENDED	(1 << 0)
 #define MMC_QUEUE_NEW_REQUEST	(1 << 1)
-
-	int			(*issue_fn)(struct mmc_queue *, struct request *);
 	void			*data;
 	struct request_queue	*queue;
 	struct mmc_queue_req	mqrq[2];