diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 6491e4ef02c..bac9f3dec2c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -1002,9 +1002,6 @@ retry:
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (mmc_can_sanitize(card))
-		err = mmc_switch(card, EXT_CSD_CMD_SET_NORMAL,
-				 EXT_CSD_SANITIZE_START, 1, 0);
 out_retry:
 	if (err && !mmc_blk_reset(md, card->host, type))
 		goto retry;