diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/cio.c b/drivers/s390/cio/cio.c
index 33bff8fec7d10b0a5b02cb0ed0824cdd210b2256..5954b905e3cab9723116646069356ad7928c31d8 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/cio.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/cio.c
@@ -208,8 +208,10 @@ cio_start_key (struct subchannel *sch,	/* subchannel structure */
 	case 1:		/* status pending */
 	case 2:		/* busy */
 		return -EBUSY;
-	default:		/* device/path not operational */
+	case 3:		/* device/path not operational */
 		return cio_start_handle_notoper(sch, lpm);
+	default:
+		return ccode;
 	}
 }