diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/via-sdmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/via-sdmmc.c
index 632de678532d..4910d0f444ba 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/via-sdmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/via-sdmmc.c
@@ -1205,6 +1205,10 @@ static void via_sd_remove(struct pci_dev *pcidev)
 
 	free_irq(pcidev->irq, sdhost);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&sdhost->carddet_work);
+	/* carddet_work may re-enable the interrupt via via_reset_pcictrl(). */
+	writeb(0x0, sdhost->pcictrl_mmiobase + VIA_CRDR_PCIINTCTRL);
+
 	timer_delete_sync(&sdhost->timer);
 
 	cancel_work_sync(&sdhost->finish_bh_work);