diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index d3127018fb81c8f49030490de21777d1f8a03205..6d714cf550644e0649d4b20459aa9ef0e072548a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -1259,6 +1259,9 @@ static int io_subchannel_probe(struct subchannel *sch)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	io_subchannel_init_fields(sch);
+	rc = cio_commit_config(sch);
+	if (rc)
+		goto out_schedule;
 	rc = sysfs_create_group(&sch->dev.kobj,
 				&io_subchannel_attr_group);
 	if (rc)
@@ -1722,6 +1725,9 @@ static int ccw_device_console_enable(struct ccw_device *cdev,
 	sch->private = cio_get_console_priv();
 	memset(sch->private, 0, sizeof(struct io_subchannel_private));
 	io_subchannel_init_fields(sch);
+	rc = cio_commit_config(sch);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 	sch->driver = &io_subchannel_driver;
 	/* Initialize the ccw_device structure. */
 	cdev->dev.parent= &sch->dev;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
index 9e249675c98df63628fbd18d2e49dcab6ea91db2..8df5eaafc5ab6a4c4518f5eacaa3b22e680e5af0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
@@ -1031,6 +1031,8 @@ void ccw_device_trigger_reprobe(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 	 * paths are valid.
 	 */
 	io_subchannel_init_config(sch);
+	if (cio_commit_config(sch))
+		return;
 
 	/* We should also udate ssd info, but this has to wait. */
 	/* Check if this is another device which appeared on the same sch. */