diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_core.c b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_core.c
index 2fce0518632d..cfb53d7c63d7 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_core.c
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ static void tmio_mmc_reset(struct tmio_mmc_host *host)
 	if (host->reset)
 		host->reset(host);
 
+	tmio_mmc_abort_dma(host);
+
 	if (host->pdata->flags & TMIO_MMC_SDIO_IRQ) {
 		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_SDIO_IRQ_MASK, host->sdio_irq_mask);
 		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_TRANSACTION_CTL, 0x0001);
@@ -223,8 +225,6 @@ static void tmio_mmc_reset_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	/* Ready for new calls */
 	host->mrq = NULL;
-
-	tmio_mmc_abort_dma(host);
 	mmc_request_done(host->mmc, mrq);
 }