diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
index 2b281680e320..d98ddcfac5e5 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,6 @@ static void mmc_omap_start_request(struct mmc_omap_host *host,
 	mmc_omap_start_command(host, req->cmd);
 	if (host->dma_in_use)
 		omap_start_dma(host->dma_ch);
-	BUG_ON(irqs_disabled());
 }
 
 static void mmc_omap_request(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_request *req)