diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index 70b0df8b9c7865a5dbb4d466d9c856215bbc6984..f1849775e47e2726ef2addb357016418a246469b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -1253,15 +1253,12 @@ static irqreturn_t mmci_pio_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct sg_mapping_iter *sg_miter = &host->sg_miter;
 	struct variant_data *variant = host->variant;
 	void __iomem *base = host->base;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 status;
 
 	status = readl(base + MMCISTATUS);
 
 	dev_dbg(mmc_dev(host->mmc), "irq1 (pio) %08x\n", status);
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-
 	do {
 		unsigned int remain, len;
 		char *buffer;
@@ -1301,8 +1298,6 @@ static irqreturn_t mmci_pio_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 	sg_miter_stop(sg_miter);
 
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
-
 	/*
 	 * If we have less than the fifo 'half-full' threshold to transfer,
 	 * trigger a PIO interrupt as soon as any data is available.