diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
index c2690c1a50ff..f115d7c63ffe 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ struct meson_host {
 	struct sd_emmc_desc *descs;
 	dma_addr_t descs_dma_addr;
 
+	int irq;
+
 	bool vqmmc_enabled;
 };
 
@@ -1231,7 +1233,7 @@ static int meson_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *res;
 	struct meson_host *host;
 	struct mmc_host *mmc;
-	int ret, irq;
+	int ret;
 
 	mmc = mmc_alloc_host(sizeof(struct meson_host), &pdev->dev);
 	if (!mmc)
@@ -1276,8 +1278,8 @@ static int meson_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto free_host;
 	}
 
-	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (irq <= 0) {
+	host->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	if (host->irq <= 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get interrupt resource.\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto free_host;
@@ -1331,9 +1333,8 @@ static int meson_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	writel(IRQ_CRC_ERR | IRQ_TIMEOUTS | IRQ_END_OF_CHAIN,
 	       host->regs + SD_EMMC_IRQ_EN);
 
-	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, meson_mmc_irq,
-					meson_mmc_irq_thread, IRQF_SHARED,
-					NULL, host);
+	ret = request_threaded_irq(host->irq, meson_mmc_irq,
+			meson_mmc_irq_thread, IRQF_SHARED, NULL, host);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_init_clk;
 
@@ -1351,7 +1352,7 @@ static int meson_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (host->bounce_buf == NULL) {
 		dev_err(host->dev, "Unable to map allocate DMA bounce buffer.\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_init_clk;
+		goto err_free_irq;
 	}
 
 	host->descs = dma_alloc_coherent(host->dev, SD_EMMC_DESC_BUF_LEN,
@@ -1370,6 +1371,8 @@ static int meson_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 err_bounce_buf:
 	dma_free_coherent(host->dev, host->bounce_buf_size,
 			  host->bounce_buf, host->bounce_dma_addr);
+err_free_irq:
+	free_irq(host->irq, host);
 err_init_clk:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(host->mmc_clk);
 err_core_clk:
@@ -1387,6 +1390,7 @@ static int meson_mmc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	/* disable interrupts */
 	writel(0, host->regs + SD_EMMC_IRQ_EN);
+	free_irq(host->irq, host);
 
 	dma_free_coherent(host->dev, SD_EMMC_DESC_BUF_LEN,
 			  host->descs, host->descs_dma_addr);