diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
index a23875a4fa2bcec41ab6cd5230ea52b894223edb..b54ef12840a2128dd05b8148798dd8935b05a6e3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
@@ -862,6 +862,13 @@ static inline bool qeth_card_hw_is_reachable(struct qeth_card *card)
 	return card->state == CARD_STATE_SOFTSETUP;
 }
 
+static inline void qeth_unlock_channel(struct qeth_card *card,
+				       struct qeth_channel *channel)
+{
+	atomic_set(&channel->irq_pending, 0);
+	wake_up(&card->wait_q);
+}
+
 struct qeth_trap_id {
 	__u16 lparnr;
 	char vmname[8];
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 3d23748013084ea3b795075d255729919bc23f0b..38f3ed7567bc061ec1dfcbd66c59a04741026f34 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -520,11 +520,10 @@ static int __qeth_issue_next_read(struct qeth_card *card)
 	} else {
 		QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2, "error %i on device %x when starting next read ccw!\n",
 				 rc, CARD_DEVID(card));
-		atomic_set(&channel->irq_pending, 0);
+		qeth_unlock_channel(card, channel);
 		qeth_put_cmd(iob);
 		card->read_or_write_problem = 1;
 		qeth_schedule_recovery(card);
-		wake_up(&card->wait_q);
 	}
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -1001,24 +1000,25 @@ static void qeth_irq(struct ccw_device *cdev, unsigned long intparm,
 	}
 
 	channel->active_cmd = NULL;
+	qeth_unlock_channel(card, channel);
 
 	rc = qeth_check_irb_error(card, cdev, irb);
 	if (rc) {
 		/* IO was terminated, free its resources. */
 		if (iob)
 			qeth_cancel_cmd(iob, rc);
-		atomic_set(&channel->irq_pending, 0);
-		wake_up(&card->wait_q);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	atomic_set(&channel->irq_pending, 0);
-
-	if (irb->scsw.cmd.fctl & (SCSW_FCTL_CLEAR_FUNC))
+	if (irb->scsw.cmd.fctl & SCSW_FCTL_CLEAR_FUNC) {
 		channel->state = CH_STATE_STOPPED;
+		wake_up(&card->wait_q);
+	}
 
-	if (irb->scsw.cmd.fctl & (SCSW_FCTL_HALT_FUNC))
+	if (irb->scsw.cmd.fctl & SCSW_FCTL_HALT_FUNC) {
 		channel->state = CH_STATE_HALTED;
+		wake_up(&card->wait_q);
+	}
 
 	if (iob && (irb->scsw.cmd.fctl & (SCSW_FCTL_CLEAR_FUNC |
 					  SCSW_FCTL_HALT_FUNC))) {
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ static void qeth_irq(struct ccw_device *cdev, unsigned long intparm,
 				qeth_cancel_cmd(iob, rc);
 			qeth_clear_ipacmd_list(card);
 			qeth_schedule_recovery(card);
-			goto out;
+			return;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1060,16 +1060,12 @@ static void qeth_irq(struct ccw_device *cdev, unsigned long intparm,
 		/* sanity check: */
 		if (irb->scsw.cmd.count > iob->length) {
 			qeth_cancel_cmd(iob, -EIO);
-			goto out;
+			return;
 		}
 		if (iob->callback)
 			iob->callback(card, iob,
 				      iob->length - irb->scsw.cmd.count);
 	}
-
-out:
-	wake_up(&card->wait_q);
-	return;
 }
 
 static void qeth_notify_skbs(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *q,
@@ -1780,8 +1776,7 @@ static int qeth_send_control_data(struct qeth_card *card,
 		QETH_CARD_TEXT_(card, 2, " err%d", rc);
 		qeth_dequeue_cmd(card, iob);
 		qeth_put_cmd(iob);
-		atomic_set(&channel->irq_pending, 0);
-		wake_up(&card->wait_q);
+		qeth_unlock_channel(card, channel);
 		goto out;
 	}