diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
index 2a99ffb61f8c04..30b93dc938f1ae 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
@@ -223,10 +223,6 @@ static int mmc_spi_response_get(struct mmc_spi_host *host,
 	u8 	leftover = 0;
 	unsigned short rotator;
 	int 	i;
-	char	tag[32];
-
-	snprintf(tag, sizeof(tag), "  ... CMD%d response SPI_%s",
-		cmd->opcode, maptype(cmd));
 
 	/* Except for data block reads, the whole response will already
 	 * be stored in the scratch buffer.  It's somewhere after the
@@ -379,8 +375,9 @@ static int mmc_spi_response_get(struct mmc_spi_host *host,
 	}
 
 	if (value < 0)
-		dev_dbg(&host->spi->dev, "%s: resp %04x %08x\n",
-			tag, cmd->resp[0], cmd->resp[1]);
+		dev_dbg(&host->spi->dev,
+			"  ... CMD%d response SPI_%s: resp %04x %08x\n",
+			cmd->opcode, maptype(cmd), cmd->resp[0], cmd->resp[1]);
 
 	/* disable chipselect on errors and some success cases */
 	if (value >= 0 && cs_on)