diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
index b5fd3bc7eb585..4b1eb89b401d9 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/queue.c
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return mmc_cqe_timed_out(struct request *req)
 				mmc_cqe_recovery_notifier(mrq);
 			return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
 		}
-		/* No timeout (XXX: huh? comment doesn't make much sense) */
-		blk_mq_complete_request(req);
+		/* The request has gone already */
 		return BLK_EH_DONE;
 	default:
 		/* Timeout is handled by mmc core */