diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c
index 2064fa1a5bf1..3ca97f3c3079 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/tmio_mmc_pio.c
@@ -140,12 +140,10 @@ static void tmio_mmc_enable_sdio_irq(struct mmc_host *mmc, int enable)
 
 		host->sdio_irq_mask = TMIO_SDIO_MASK_ALL &
 					~TMIO_SDIO_STAT_IOIRQ;
-		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_TRANSACTION_CTL, 0x0001);
 		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_SDIO_IRQ_MASK, host->sdio_irq_mask);
 	} else if (!enable && host->sdio_irq_enabled) {
 		host->sdio_irq_mask = TMIO_SDIO_MASK_ALL;
 		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_SDIO_IRQ_MASK, host->sdio_irq_mask);
-		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_TRANSACTION_CTL, 0x0000);
 
 		host->sdio_irq_enabled = false;
 		pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(mmc_dev(mmc));
@@ -1232,7 +1230,7 @@ int tmio_mmc_host_probe(struct tmio_mmc_host *_host,
 	if (pdata->flags & TMIO_MMC_SDIO_IRQ) {
 		_host->sdio_irq_mask = TMIO_SDIO_MASK_ALL;
 		sd_ctrl_write16(_host, CTL_SDIO_IRQ_MASK, _host->sdio_irq_mask);
-		sd_ctrl_write16(_host, CTL_TRANSACTION_CTL, 0x0000);
+		sd_ctrl_write16(_host, CTL_TRANSACTION_CTL, 0x0001);
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&_host->lock);
@@ -1280,6 +1278,9 @@ void tmio_mmc_host_remove(struct tmio_mmc_host *host)
 	struct platform_device *pdev = host->pdev;
 	struct mmc_host *mmc = host->mmc;
 
+	if (host->pdata->flags & TMIO_MMC_SDIO_IRQ)
+		sd_ctrl_write16(host, CTL_TRANSACTION_CTL, 0x0000);
+
 	if (!host->native_hotplug)
 		pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);