diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
index 3db88c52d2879e9dc4cac73dd40e4967f5719e5a..b8bdb0d754268ac969c9e3be42f7ff566f6c8e91 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
@@ -730,6 +730,17 @@ static void ccw_device_generic_notoper(struct ccw_device *cdev,
 	css_schedule_eval(sch->schid);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Handle path verification event in offline state.
+ */
+static void ccw_device_offline_verify(struct ccw_device *cdev,
+				      enum dev_event dev_event)
+{
+	struct subchannel *sch = to_subchannel(cdev->dev.parent);
+
+	css_schedule_eval(sch->schid);
+}
+
 /*
  * Handle path verification event.
  */
@@ -1149,7 +1160,7 @@ fsm_func_t *dev_jumptable[NR_DEV_STATES][NR_DEV_EVENTS] = {
 		[DEV_EVENT_NOTOPER]	= ccw_device_generic_notoper,
 		[DEV_EVENT_INTERRUPT]	= ccw_device_offline_irq,
 		[DEV_EVENT_TIMEOUT]	= ccw_device_nop,
-		[DEV_EVENT_VERIFY]	= ccw_device_nop,
+		[DEV_EVENT_VERIFY]	= ccw_device_offline_verify,
 	},
 	[DEV_STATE_VERIFY] = {
 		[DEV_EVENT_NOTOPER]	= ccw_device_generic_notoper,