"Cal data request_firmware() failed\n");
        }
 
+       /* enable host interrupt after fw dnld is successful */
+       if (adapter->if_ops.enable_int)
+               adapter->if_ops.enable_int(adapter);
+
        adapter->init_wait_q_woken = false;
        ret = mwifiex_init_fw(adapter);
        if (ret == -1) {
        mwifiex_del_virtual_intf(adapter->wiphy, priv->wdev);
        rtnl_unlock();
 err_init_fw:
+       if (adapter->if_ops.disable_int)
+               adapter->if_ops.disable_int(adapter);
        pr_debug("info: %s: unregister device\n", __func__);
        adapter->if_ops.unregister_dev(adapter);
 done:
        INIT_WORK(&adapter->main_work, mwifiex_main_work_queue);
 
        /* Register the device. Fill up the private data structure with relevant
-          information from the card and request for the required IRQ. */
+          information from the card. */
        if (adapter->if_ops.register_dev(adapter)) {
                pr_err("%s: failed to register mwifiex device\n", __func__);
                goto err_registerdev;
        if (!adapter)
                goto exit_remove;
 
+       /* We can no longer handle interrupts once we start doing the teardown
+        * below. */
+       if (adapter->if_ops.disable_int)
+               adapter->if_ops.disable_int(adapter);
+
        adapter->surprise_removed = true;
 
        /* Stop data */
 
 static struct semaphore add_remove_card_sem;
 
 static int mwifiex_sdio_resume(struct device *dev);
+static void mwifiex_sdio_interrupt(struct sdio_func *func);
 
 /*
  * SDIO probe.
        }
 };
 
+/* Write data into SDIO card register. Caller claims SDIO device. */
+static int
+mwifiex_write_reg_locked(struct sdio_func *func, u32 reg, u8 data)
+{
+       int ret = -1;
+       sdio_writeb(func, data, reg, &ret);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * This function writes data into SDIO card register.
  */
 mwifiex_write_reg(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, u32 reg, u8 data)
 {
        struct sdio_mmc_card *card = adapter->card;
-       int ret = -1;
+       int ret;
 
        sdio_claim_host(card->func);
-       sdio_writeb(card->func, data, reg, &ret);
+       ret = mwifiex_write_reg_locked(card->func, reg, data);
        sdio_release_host(card->func);
 
        return ret;
  * The host interrupt mask is read, the disable bit is reset and
  * written back to the card host interrupt mask register.
  */
-static int mwifiex_sdio_disable_host_int(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
+static void mwifiex_sdio_disable_host_int(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
 {
-       u8 host_int_mask, host_int_disable = HOST_INT_DISABLE;
-
-       /* Read back the host_int_mask register */
-       if (mwifiex_read_reg(adapter, HOST_INT_MASK_REG, &host_int_mask))
-               return -1;
-
-       /* Update with the mask and write back to the register */
-       host_int_mask &= ~host_int_disable;
-
-       if (mwifiex_write_reg(adapter, HOST_INT_MASK_REG, host_int_mask)) {
-               dev_err(adapter->dev, "disable host interrupt failed\n");
-               return -1;
-       }
+       struct sdio_mmc_card *card = adapter->card;
+       struct sdio_func *func = card->func;
 
-       return 0;
+       sdio_claim_host(func);
+       mwifiex_write_reg_locked(func, HOST_INT_MASK_REG, 0);
+       sdio_release_irq(func);
+       sdio_release_host(func);
 }
 
 /*
 static int mwifiex_sdio_enable_host_int(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
 {
        struct sdio_mmc_card *card = adapter->card;
+       struct sdio_func *func = card->func;
+       int ret;
+
+       sdio_claim_host(func);
+
+       /* Request the SDIO IRQ */
+       ret = sdio_claim_irq(func, mwifiex_sdio_interrupt);
+       if (ret) {
+               dev_err(adapter->dev, "claim irq failed: ret=%d\n", ret);
+               goto out;
+       }
 
        /* Simply write the mask to the register */
-       if (mwifiex_write_reg(adapter, HOST_INT_MASK_REG,
-                             card->reg->host_int_enable)) {
+       ret = mwifiex_write_reg_locked(func, HOST_INT_MASK_REG,
+                                      card->reg->host_int_enable);
+       if (ret) {
                dev_err(adapter->dev, "enable host interrupt failed\n");
-               return -1;
+               sdio_release_irq(func);
        }
-       return 0;
+
+out:
+       sdio_release_host(func);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /*
        }
        adapter = card->adapter;
 
-       if (adapter->surprise_removed)
-               return;
-
        if (!adapter->pps_uapsd_mode && adapter->ps_state == PS_STATE_SLEEP)
                adapter->ps_state = PS_STATE_AWAKE;
 
        struct sdio_mmc_card *card = adapter->card;
 
        if (adapter->card) {
-               /* Release the SDIO IRQ */
                sdio_claim_host(card->func);
-               sdio_release_irq(card->func);
                sdio_disable_func(card->func);
                sdio_release_host(card->func);
                sdio_set_drvdata(card->func, NULL);
  */
 static int mwifiex_register_dev(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
 {
-       int ret = 0;
+       int ret;
        struct sdio_mmc_card *card = adapter->card;
        struct sdio_func *func = card->func;
 
 
        sdio_claim_host(func);
 
-       /* Request the SDIO IRQ */
-       ret = sdio_claim_irq(func, mwifiex_sdio_interrupt);
-       if (ret) {
-               pr_err("claim irq failed: ret=%d\n", ret);
-               goto disable_func;
-       }
-
        /* Set block size */
        ret = sdio_set_block_size(card->func, MWIFIEX_SDIO_BLOCK_SIZE);
+       sdio_release_host(func);
        if (ret) {
                pr_err("cannot set SDIO block size\n");
-               ret = -1;
-               goto release_irq;
+               return ret;
        }
 
-       sdio_release_host(func);
        sdio_set_drvdata(func, card);
 
        adapter->dev = &func->dev;
        strcpy(adapter->fw_name, card->firmware);
 
        return 0;
-
-release_irq:
-       sdio_release_irq(func);
-disable_func:
-       sdio_disable_func(func);
-       sdio_release_host(func);
-       adapter->card = NULL;
-
-       return -1;
 }
 
 /*
         */
        mwifiex_read_reg(adapter, HOST_INTSTATUS_REG, &sdio_ireg);
 
-       /* Disable host interrupt mask register for SDIO */
-       mwifiex_sdio_disable_host_int(adapter);
-
        /* Get SDIO ioport */
        mwifiex_init_sdio_ioport(adapter);
 
        .register_dev = mwifiex_register_dev,
        .unregister_dev = mwifiex_unregister_dev,
        .enable_int = mwifiex_sdio_enable_host_int,
+       .disable_int = mwifiex_sdio_disable_host_int,
        .process_int_status = mwifiex_process_int_status,
        .host_to_card = mwifiex_sdio_host_to_card,
        .wakeup = mwifiex_pm_wakeup_card,