diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index e0363223996e..8ac59dc80f23 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -2170,6 +2170,7 @@ static void mmc_blk_remove_req(struct mmc_blk_data *md)
 		 * from being accepted.
 		 */
 		card = md->queue.card;
+		blk_set_queue_dying(md->queue.queue);
 		mmc_cleanup_queue(&md->queue);
 		if (md->disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP) {
 			device_remove_file(disk_to_dev(md->disk), &md->force_ro);