diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
index 863df7a85220..dd69ebd2780b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
@@ -718,8 +718,6 @@ int mmc_interrupt_hpi(struct mmc_card *card)
 	}
 
 	err = mmc_send_hpi_cmd(card, &status);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
 
 	prg_wait = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(card->ext_csd.out_of_int_time);
 	do {
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
index 1f444269ebbe..a01fcf27f171 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ int mmc_send_hpi_cmd(struct mmc_card *card, u32 *status)
 
 	err = mmc_wait_for_cmd(card->host, &cmd, 0);
 	if (err) {
-		pr_warn("%s: error %d interrupting operation. "
+		pr_debug("%s: error %d interrupting operation. "
 			"HPI command response %#x\n", mmc_hostname(card->host),
 			err, cmd.resp[0]);
 		return err;