diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index fd069b4b2a29e..d458bbbceea97 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -2129,8 +2129,6 @@ static void mmc_blk_mq_complete_rq(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct request *req)
 	struct mmc_queue_req *mqrq = req_to_mmc_queue_req(req);
 	unsigned int nr_bytes = mqrq->brq.data.bytes_xfered;
 
-	if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_WRITE)
-		mq->pending_writes--;
 	if (nr_bytes) {
 		if (blk_update_request(req, BLK_STS_OK, nr_bytes))
 			blk_mq_requeue_request(req, true);