diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 0c959c96005e..0cad48a284a8 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ enum mmc_blk_status {
 	MMC_BLK_ABORT,
 	MMC_BLK_DATA_ERR,
 	MMC_BLK_ECC_ERR,
+	MMC_BLK_NOMEDIUM,
 };
 
 module_param(perdev_minors, int, 0444);
@@ -639,6 +640,7 @@ static int get_card_status(struct mmc_card *card, u32 *status, int retries)
 	return err;
 }
 
+#define ERR_NOMEDIUM	3
 #define ERR_RETRY	2
 #define ERR_ABORT	1
 #define ERR_CONTINUE	0
@@ -706,6 +708,9 @@ static int mmc_blk_cmd_recovery(struct mmc_card *card, struct request *req,
 	u32 status, stop_status = 0;
 	int err, retry;
 
+	if (mmc_card_removed(card))
+		return ERR_NOMEDIUM;
+
 	/*
 	 * Try to get card status which indicates both the card state
 	 * and why there was no response.  If the first attempt fails,
@@ -722,8 +727,12 @@ static int mmc_blk_cmd_recovery(struct mmc_card *card, struct request *req,
 	}
 
 	/* We couldn't get a response from the card.  Give up. */
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		/* Check if the card is removed */
+		if (mmc_detect_card_removed(card->host))
+			return ERR_NOMEDIUM;
 		return ERR_ABORT;
+	}
 
 	/* Flag ECC errors */
 	if ((status & R1_CARD_ECC_FAILED) ||
@@ -996,6 +1005,8 @@ static int mmc_blk_err_check(struct mmc_card *card,
 			return MMC_BLK_RETRY;
 		case ERR_ABORT:
 			return MMC_BLK_ABORT;
+		case ERR_NOMEDIUM:
+			return MMC_BLK_NOMEDIUM;
 		case ERR_CONTINUE:
 			break;
 		}
@@ -1329,6 +1340,8 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *rqc)
 			if (!ret)
 				goto start_new_req;
 			break;
+		case MMC_BLK_NOMEDIUM:
+			goto cmd_abort;
 		}
 
 		if (ret) {
@@ -1345,6 +1358,8 @@ static int mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *rqc)
 
  cmd_abort:
 	spin_lock_irq(&md->lock);
+	if (mmc_card_removed(card))
+		req->cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
 	while (ret)
 		ret = __blk_end_request(req, -EIO, blk_rq_cur_bytes(req));
 	spin_unlock_irq(&md->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
index dcad59cbfef1..2517547b4366 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
  */
 static int mmc_prep_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 {
+	struct mmc_queue *mq = q->queuedata;
+
 	/*
 	 * We only like normal block requests and discards.
 	 */
@@ -37,6 +39,9 @@ static int mmc_prep_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req)
 		return BLKPREP_KILL;
 	}
 
+	if (mq && mmc_card_removed(mq->card))
+		return BLKPREP_KILL;
+
 	req->cmd_flags |= REQ_DONTPREP;
 
 	return BLKPREP_OK;