diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
index b3fa9c91614242712829b46aa92453a8dafc7fbb..6a51f7a06ce7ffe6f44aa65be62bb1d5117125d7 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
@@ -429,8 +429,6 @@ struct mmc_host *mmc_alloc_host(int extra, struct device *dev)
 
 	if (mmc_gpio_alloc(host)) {
 		put_device(&host->class_dev);
-		ida_simple_remove(&mmc_host_ida, host->index);
-		kfree(host);
 		return NULL;
 	}