diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 3421893c37a49dc450554fbf57650deeb3c8adec..34481b51029e34cf2e8dde4cab74bdff251f1cc7 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -173,12 +173,8 @@ int qeth_l3_delete_ip(struct qeth_card *card, struct qeth_ipaddr *tmp_addr)
 	if (addr->in_progress)
 		return -EINPROGRESS;
 
-	if (!qeth_card_hw_is_reachable(card)) {
-		addr->disp_flag = QETH_DISP_ADDR_DELETE;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	rc = qeth_l3_deregister_addr_entry(card, addr);
+	if (qeth_card_hw_is_reachable(card))
+		rc = qeth_l3_deregister_addr_entry(card, addr);
 
 	hash_del(&addr->hnode);
 	kfree(addr);
@@ -321,11 +317,7 @@ static void qeth_l3_recover_ip(struct qeth_card *card)
 	spin_lock_bh(&card->ip_lock);
 
 	hash_for_each_safe(card->ip_htable, i, tmp, addr, hnode) {
-		if (addr->disp_flag == QETH_DISP_ADDR_DELETE) {
-			qeth_l3_deregister_addr_entry(card, addr);
-			hash_del(&addr->hnode);
-			kfree(addr);
-		} else if (addr->disp_flag == QETH_DISP_ADDR_ADD) {
+		if (addr->disp_flag == QETH_DISP_ADDR_ADD) {
 			if (addr->proto == QETH_PROT_IPV4) {
 				addr->in_progress = 1;
 				spin_unlock_bh(&card->ip_lock);