diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
index a60124264beec97583a150973f07550eb4845193..9e3de0bd59b5f3af9f6868356c5a8e23c019c07c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ ccw_device_wake_up(struct ccw_device *cdev, unsigned long ip, struct irb *irb)
 	/* Abuse intparm for error reporting. */
 	if (IS_ERR(irb))
 		cdev->private->intparm = -EIO;
+	else if (irb->scsw.cc == 1)
+		/* Retry for deferred condition code. */
+		cdev->private->intparm = -EAGAIN;
 	else if ((irb->scsw.dstat !=
 		  (DEV_STAT_CHN_END|DEV_STAT_DEV_END)) ||
 		 (irb->scsw.cstat != 0)) {