diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_bus.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_bus.c
index 528524a22c80..418813681b35 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_bus.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static void sdio_release_func(struct device *dev)
 	 * If this device is embedded then we never allocated
 	 * cis tables for this func
 	 */
-	if (!func->card->host->embedded_sdio_data.funcs)
+	if (!(func->card->quirks & MMC_QUIRK_NONSTD_SDIO))
 #endif
 		sdio_free_func_cis(func);