diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c
index ec15f1bbf8b9..b4db401874e0 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ fail_request:
 static void finalize_request(struct s3cmci_host *host)
 {
 	struct mmc_request *mrq = host->mrq;
-	struct mmc_command *cmd = host->cmd_is_stop ? mrq->stop : mrq->cmd;
+	struct mmc_command *cmd;
 	int debug_as_failure = 0;
 
 	if (host->complete_what != COMPLETION_FINALIZE)
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ static void finalize_request(struct s3cmci_host *host)
 
 	if (!mrq)
 		return;
+	cmd = host->cmd_is_stop ? mrq->stop : mrq->cmd;
 
 	if (cmd->data && (cmd->error == 0) &&
 	    (cmd->data->error == 0)) {