diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
index 3b4928f5b9b2..8f4df250a77a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
@@ -2610,6 +2610,8 @@ static void atmci_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	free_irq(platform_get_irq(pdev, 0), host);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&host->bh_work);
+
 	clk_disable_unprepare(host->mck);
 
 	pm_runtime_disable(dev);