u32 status;
        int ret = 0;
 
-       if (ios->signal_voltage == MMC_SIGNAL_VOLTAGE_180) {
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
+       if (ios->signal_voltage == MMC_SIGNAL_VOLTAGE_180 &&
+           host->pwr_reg & MCI_STM32_VSWITCHEN) {
                mmci_write_pwrreg(host, host->pwr_reg | MCI_STM32_VSWITCH);
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
 
 
                writel_relaxed(MCI_STM32_VSWENDC | MCI_STM32_CKSTOPC,
                               host->base + MMCICLEAR);
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
                mmci_write_pwrreg(host, host->pwr_reg &
                                  ~(MCI_STM32_VSWITCHEN | MCI_STM32_VSWITCH));
        }
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);
 
        return ret;
 }