diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
index 59b4a3370cd5d454cadc9e145bcb3a2dc9a321df..d681e6b56add78d89937fb8220c68cda70d5b4e9 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@ static int get_inbound_buffer_frontier(struct qdio_q *q)
 	case SLSB_P_INPUT_ERROR:
 		process_buffer_error(q, count);
 		q->first_to_check = add_buf(q->first_to_check, count);
-		atomic_sub(count, &q->nr_buf_used);
+		if (atomic_sub_return(count, &q->nr_buf_used) == 0)
+			qperf_inc(q, inbound_queue_full);
 		if (q->irq_ptr->perf_stat_enabled)
 			account_sbals_error(q, count);
 		break;