diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index 8973d34ce5ba..fb1b56a71475 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -1643,9 +1643,18 @@ void dasd_int_handler(struct ccw_device *cdev, unsigned long intparm,
 	u8 *sense = NULL;
 	int expires;
 
+	cqr = (struct dasd_ccw_req *) intparm;
 	if (IS_ERR(irb)) {
 		switch (PTR_ERR(irb)) {
 		case -EIO:
+			if (cqr && cqr->status == DASD_CQR_CLEAR_PENDING) {
+				device = (struct dasd_device *) cqr->startdev;
+				cqr->status = DASD_CQR_CLEARED;
+				dasd_device_clear_timer(device);
+				wake_up(&dasd_flush_wq);
+				dasd_schedule_device_bh(device);
+				return;
+			}
 			break;
 		case -ETIMEDOUT:
 			DBF_EVENT_DEVID(DBF_WARNING, cdev, "%s: "
@@ -1661,7 +1670,6 @@ void dasd_int_handler(struct ccw_device *cdev, unsigned long intparm,
 	}
 
 	now = get_tod_clock();
-	cqr = (struct dasd_ccw_req *) intparm;
 	/* check for conditions that should be handled immediately */
 	if (!cqr ||
 	    !(scsw_dstat(&irb->scsw) == (DEV_STAT_CHN_END | DEV_STAT_DEV_END) &&