diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index 4e266f43332dad7474a7b980fe4ae6c6425d9c58..794bfd962266f3c55c95e24c60c768a9f5b261c0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -855,7 +855,6 @@ int dasd_term_IO(struct dasd_ccw_req *cqr)
 		rc = ccw_device_clear(device->cdev, (long) cqr);
 		switch (rc) {
 		case 0:	/* termination successful */
-			cqr->retries--;
 			cqr->status = DASD_CQR_CLEAR_PENDING;
 			cqr->stopclk = get_clock();
 			cqr->starttime = 0;