diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index d171c8877027..fcda2d17c4a4 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -4072,7 +4072,7 @@ struct sdhci_host *sdhci_alloc_host(struct device *dev,
 
 	WARN_ON(dev == NULL);
 
-	mmc = mmc_alloc_host(sizeof(struct sdhci_host) + priv_size, dev);
+	mmc = devm_mmc_alloc_host(dev, sizeof(struct sdhci_host) + priv_size);
 	if (!mmc)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -4998,7 +4998,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sdhci_remove_host);
 
 void sdhci_free_host(struct sdhci_host *host)
 {
-	mmc_free_host(host->mmc);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sdhci_free_host);