diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
index d150da95d073d026fc4ed76f41fd20632ce0fbe9..6f5ddc3eab8c5243f32f7c75e2edeee8dd416cc1 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
@@ -424,8 +424,6 @@ enum qeth_qdio_out_buffer_state {
 	/* Received QAOB notification on CQ: */
 	QETH_QDIO_BUF_QAOB_OK,
 	QETH_QDIO_BUF_QAOB_ERROR,
-	/* Handled via transfer pending / completion queue. */
-	QETH_QDIO_BUF_HANDLED_DELAYED,
 };
 
 struct qeth_qdio_out_buffer {
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 869694217450f21456aa7c2811c5b3c10b3d6028..da27ef451d05ad731406af5ddf523b2081b8be23 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -477,8 +477,7 @@ static void qeth_cleanup_handled_pending(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *q, int bidx,
 
 		while (c) {
 			if (forced_cleanup ||
-			    atomic_read(&c->state) ==
-			      QETH_QDIO_BUF_HANDLED_DELAYED) {
+			    atomic_read(&c->state) == QETH_QDIO_BUF_EMPTY) {
 				struct qeth_qdio_out_buffer *f = c;
 
 				QETH_CARD_TEXT(f->q->card, 5, "fp");
@@ -549,7 +548,7 @@ static void qeth_qdio_handle_aob(struct qeth_card *card,
 				kmem_cache_free(qeth_core_header_cache, data);
 		}
 
-		atomic_set(&buffer->state, QETH_QDIO_BUF_HANDLED_DELAYED);
+		atomic_set(&buffer->state, QETH_QDIO_BUF_EMPTY);
 		break;
 	default:
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);