diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_erp.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_erp.c
index ebdbc457003fe50e09db6afe554eeaa47f974363..332701db7379dc16e7143deb608463be500c7ca4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_erp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_erp.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KMSG_COMPONENT ": " fmt
 
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
 #include "zfcp_ext.h"
 #include "zfcp_reqlist.h"
 
@@ -238,6 +239,12 @@ static struct zfcp_erp_action *zfcp_erp_setup_act(int need, u32 act_status,
 	struct zfcp_erp_action *erp_action;
 	struct zfcp_scsi_dev *zfcp_sdev;
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(need != ZFCP_ERP_ACTION_REOPEN_LUN &&
+			 need != ZFCP_ERP_ACTION_REOPEN_PORT &&
+			 need != ZFCP_ERP_ACTION_REOPEN_PORT_FORCED &&
+			 need != ZFCP_ERP_ACTION_REOPEN_ADAPTER))
+		return NULL;
+
 	switch (need) {
 	case ZFCP_ERP_ACTION_REOPEN_LUN:
 		zfcp_sdev = sdev_to_zfcp(sdev);