diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index f7ddd6455638aa79357f005610e7b07070a52f14..7c3b643550f61e7c94175b8eb4fb7bc9a942fa12 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ static struct qeth_ipa_cmd *qeth_check_ipa_data(struct qeth_card *card,
 						cmd->hdr.return_code, card);
 				}
 				card->lan_online = 0;
-				if (card->dev && netif_carrier_ok(card->dev))
+				if (card->dev)
 					netif_carrier_off(card->dev);
 				return NULL;
 			case IPA_CMD_STARTLAN:
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index 8ac243de7a9e4e08f4862ea3b85c247c260bf913..089bde458fd52546437607a14fd0dd71d9b001bd 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ static int __qeth_l2_set_offline(struct ccwgroup_device *cgdev,
 	QETH_DBF_TEXT(SETUP, 3, "setoffl");
 	QETH_DBF_HEX(SETUP, 3, &card, sizeof(void *));
 
-	if (card->dev && netif_carrier_ok(card->dev))
+	if (card->dev)
 		netif_carrier_off(card->dev);
 	recover_flag = card->state;
 	if ((!recovery_mode && card->info.hwtrap) || card->info.hwtrap == 2) {
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 062f62b4929490504f0b341a9c49f2e8c25e5e21..ee99af08b2c490f1267515a252774ffd04810087 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2773,7 +2773,7 @@ static int __qeth_l3_set_offline(struct ccwgroup_device *cgdev,
 	QETH_DBF_TEXT(SETUP, 3, "setoffl");
 	QETH_DBF_HEX(SETUP, 3, &card, sizeof(void *));
 
-	if (card->dev && netif_carrier_ok(card->dev))
+	if (card->dev)
 		netif_carrier_off(card->dev);
 	recover_flag = card->state;
 	if ((!recovery_mode && card->info.hwtrap) || card->info.hwtrap == 2) {