diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-mx-sdio.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-mx-sdio.c
index 1c5299cd0cbe..d4a48916bfb6 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-mx-sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-mx-sdio.c
@@ -418,10 +418,9 @@ static irqreturn_t meson_mx_mmc_irq(int irq, void *data)
 {
 	struct meson_mx_mmc_host *host = (void *) data;
 	u32 irqs, send;
-	unsigned long irqflags;
 	irqreturn_t ret;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&host->irq_lock, irqflags);
+	spin_lock(&host->irq_lock);
 
 	irqs = readl(host->base + MESON_MX_SDIO_IRQS);
 	send = readl(host->base + MESON_MX_SDIO_SEND);
@@ -434,7 +433,7 @@ static irqreturn_t meson_mx_mmc_irq(int irq, void *data)
 	/* finally ACK all pending interrupts */
 	writel(irqs, host->base + MESON_MX_SDIO_IRQS);
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->irq_lock, irqflags);
+	spin_unlock(&host->irq_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }