diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/qdio.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/qdio.h
index de11ecc99c7c46cf967a96c573f1a6c6d2cafc46..9c9970a5dfb10798ddd459dbcff7beae2d9ea42c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/qdio.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/qdio.h
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ struct qdio_outbuf_state {
 	void *user;
 };
 
-#define QDIO_OUTBUF_STATE_FLAG_NONE	0x00
 #define QDIO_OUTBUF_STATE_FLAG_PENDING	0x01
 
 #define CHSC_AC1_INITIATE_INPUTQ	0x80
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
index f4ca72dd862ff37db969271e56c0ecbbb095a199..9c7d9da42ba0829692d0d8dadbbd1f42935962f3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
@@ -631,21 +631,20 @@ static inline unsigned long qdio_aob_for_buffer(struct qdio_output_q *q,
 	unsigned long phys_aob = 0;
 
 	if (!q->use_cq)
-		goto out;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (!q->aobs[bufnr]) {
 		struct qaob *aob = qdio_allocate_aob();
 		q->aobs[bufnr] = aob;
 	}
 	if (q->aobs[bufnr]) {
-		q->sbal_state[bufnr].flags = QDIO_OUTBUF_STATE_FLAG_NONE;
 		q->sbal_state[bufnr].aob = q->aobs[bufnr];
 		q->aobs[bufnr]->user1 = (u64) q->sbal_state[bufnr].user;
 		phys_aob = virt_to_phys(q->aobs[bufnr]);
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(phys_aob & 0xFF);
 	}
 
-out:
+	q->sbal_state[bufnr].flags = 0;
 	return phys_aob;
 }