diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 39cb46a5ce11..98043df3c217 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -3849,10 +3849,6 @@ static int mmc_blk_cmdq_issue_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 
 	mmc_get_card(card);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK_DEFERRED_RESUME
-	if (mmc_bus_needs_resume(card->host))
-		mmc_resume_bus(card->host);
-#endif
 	if (!card->host->cmdq_ctx.active_reqs && mmc_card_doing_bkops(card)) {
 		ret = mmc_cmdq_halt(card->host, true);
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
index 6ad91042409e..caf76173ccf9 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
@@ -2128,6 +2128,10 @@ void mmc_get_card(struct mmc_card *card)
 {
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(&card->dev);
 	mmc_claim_host(card->host);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK_DEFERRED_RESUME
+	if (mmc_bus_needs_resume(card->host))
+		mmc_resume_bus(card->host);
+#endif
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_get_card);