diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index f701efb1fa78..b6f4be25b31b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -2097,14 +2097,14 @@ static void mmc_blk_mq_poll_completion(struct mmc_queue *mq,
 	mmc_blk_urgent_bkops(mq, mqrq);
 }
 
-static void mmc_blk_mq_dec_in_flight(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
+static void mmc_blk_mq_dec_in_flight(struct mmc_queue *mq, enum mmc_issue_type issue_type)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	bool put_card;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&mq->lock, flags);
 
-	mq->in_flight[mmc_issue_type(mq, req)] -= 1;
+	mq->in_flight[issue_type] -= 1;
 
 	put_card = (mmc_tot_in_flight(mq) == 0);
 
@@ -2117,6 +2117,7 @@ static void mmc_blk_mq_dec_in_flight(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 static void mmc_blk_mq_post_req(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req,
 				bool can_sleep)
 {
+	enum mmc_issue_type issue_type = mmc_issue_type(mq, req);
 	struct mmc_queue_req *mqrq = req_to_mmc_queue_req(req);
 	struct mmc_request *mrq = &mqrq->brq.mrq;
 	struct mmc_host *host = mq->card->host;
@@ -2136,7 +2137,7 @@ static void mmc_blk_mq_post_req(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req,
 			blk_mq_complete_request(req);
 	}
 
-	mmc_blk_mq_dec_in_flight(mq, req);
+	mmc_blk_mq_dec_in_flight(mq, issue_type);
 }
 
 void mmc_blk_mq_recovery(struct mmc_queue *mq)