diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
index 247ff2f23ac9..33525bdf2ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void mmc_wait_done(struct mmc_request *mrq)
 
 int mmc_wait_for_req(struct mmc_host *host, struct mmc_request *mrq)
 {
-	DECLARE_COMPLETION(complete);
+	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(complete);
 
 	mrq->done_data = &complete;
 	mrq->done = mmc_wait_done;