diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index ada258c01a08e084b11d02d73e553404bfce82cb..17e2fd584fbf5090aa601fd9b860ba464d0e2dc4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -279,9 +279,6 @@ static void qeth_l3_clear_ip_htable(struct qeth_card *card, int recover)
 
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 4, "clearip");
 
-	if (recover && card->options.sniffer)
-		return;
-
 	spin_lock_bh(&card->ip_lock);
 
 	hash_for_each_safe(card->ip_htable, i, tmp, addr, hnode) {
@@ -664,6 +661,8 @@ static int qeth_l3_register_addr_entry(struct qeth_card *card,
 	int rc = 0;
 	int cnt = 3;
 
+	if (card->options.sniffer)
+		return 0;
 
 	if (addr->proto == QETH_PROT_IPV4) {
 		QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "setaddr4");
@@ -698,6 +697,9 @@ static int qeth_l3_deregister_addr_entry(struct qeth_card *card,
 {
 	int rc = 0;
 
+	if (card->options.sniffer)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (addr->proto == QETH_PROT_IPV4) {
 		QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "deladdr4");
 		QETH_CARD_HEX(card, 3, &addr->u.a4.addr, sizeof(int));