spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
                return;
        }
-       mmc_claim_host(host);
+       mutex_lock(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&host->clk_lock, flags);
        if (!host->clk_requests) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
                pr_debug("%s: gated MCI clock\n", mmc_hostname(host));
        }
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
-       mmc_release_host(host);
+       mutex_unlock(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
 }
 
 /*
 {
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       mmc_claim_host(host);
+       mutex_lock(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&host->clk_lock, flags);
        if (host->clk_gated) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
        }
        host->clk_requests++;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->clk_lock, flags);
-       mmc_release_host(host);
+       mutex_unlock(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
 }
 
 /**
        host->clk_gated = false;
        INIT_WORK(&host->clk_gate_work, mmc_host_clk_gate_work);
        spin_lock_init(&host->clk_lock);
+       mutex_init(&host->clk_gate_mutex);
 }
 
 /**
 
        struct work_struct      clk_gate_work; /* delayed clock gate */
        unsigned int            clk_old;        /* old clock value cache */
        spinlock_t              clk_lock;       /* lock for clk fields */
+       struct mutex            clk_gate_mutex; /* mutex for clock gating */
 #endif
 
        /* host specific block data */