diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/ccwgroup.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/ccwgroup.h
index 057ce0ca6377dc3b28b775c3c1ca1797a8cbbf2c..6d50e86dd0e837c0c2a3d9588229f691b1b56983 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/ccwgroup.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/ccwgroup.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct ccwgroup_device {
  * @thaw: undo work done in @freeze
  * @restore: callback for restoring after hibernation
  * @driver: embedded driver structure
+ * @ccw_driver: supported ccw_driver (optional)
  */
 struct ccwgroup_driver {
 	int (*setup) (struct ccwgroup_device *);
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ struct ccwgroup_driver {
 	int (*restore)(struct ccwgroup_device *);
 
 	struct device_driver driver;
+	struct ccw_driver *ccw_driver;
 };
 
 extern int  ccwgroup_driver_register   (struct ccwgroup_driver *cdriver);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c b/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
index 34b9ad6b31438fb8864a9068d7f72294722da169..e2f7b6e93efddf85dd45457d70ce3c3bc3602ba3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/ccwgroup.c
@@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ int ccwgroup_create_dev(struct device *parent, struct ccwgroup_driver *gdrv,
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto error;
 	}
+	/* Check if the devices are bound to the required ccw driver. */
+	if (gdev->count && gdrv && gdrv->ccw_driver &&
+	    gdev->cdev[0]->drv != gdrv->ccw_driver) {
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto error;
+	}
 
 	dev_set_name(&gdev->dev, "%s", dev_name(&gdev->cdev[0]->dev));
 	gdev->dev.groups = ccwgroup_attr_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c
index 26363e0816fe4ac4c3ffa6aa5cdb03a285d7f9b8..be9f172185310ac081d6a44f0e061868bc5885d3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c
@@ -1761,6 +1761,7 @@ static struct ccwgroup_driver ctcm_group_driver = {
 		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.name	= CTC_DRIVER_NAME,
 	},
+	.ccw_driver  = &ctcm_ccw_driver,
 	.setup	     = ctcm_probe_device,
 	.remove      = ctcm_remove_device,
 	.set_online  = ctcm_new_device,
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
index d01b5c2a77600e4d21ce7f74bc00baf5fde29184..0bf7b7356f10224579015676b08f52bee8e84772 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
@@ -2396,6 +2396,7 @@ static struct ccwgroup_driver lcs_group_driver = {
 		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.name	= "lcs",
 	},
+	.ccw_driver  = &lcs_ccw_driver,
 	.setup	     = lcs_probe_device,
 	.remove      = lcs_remove_device,
 	.set_online  = lcs_new_device,
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index bae7440abc01e3560a987b39db440c375488a979..61cf3e9c0acb80683d60e27802b259a568b0a6ac 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -5875,6 +5875,7 @@ static struct ccwgroup_driver qeth_core_ccwgroup_driver = {
 		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.name = "qeth",
 	},
+	.ccw_driver = &qeth_ccw_driver,
 	.setup = qeth_core_probe_device,
 	.remove = qeth_core_remove_device,
 	.set_online = qeth_core_set_online,