diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
index dace46fc32e8d74e0e12657f159295f02061663f..b67620208f36e2f463b4022a2a25e897197f3067 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ ccw_device_done(struct ccw_device *cdev, int state)
 
 	sch = to_subchannel(cdev->dev.parent);
 
+	ccw_device_set_timeout(cdev, 0);
+
 	if (state != DEV_STATE_ONLINE)
 		cio_disable_subchannel(sch);
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
index 93a897eebfff769c4aaddac3738d9c363291d03d..e7eeaf1c1826bede691716854272c1bf79c35297 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device_ops.c
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ ccw_device_call_handler(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 	      (stctl & SCSW_STCTL_PRIM_STATUS)))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Clear pending timers for device driver initiated I/O. */
+	if (ending_status)
+		ccw_device_set_timeout(cdev, 0);
 	/*
 	 * Now we are ready to call the device driver interrupt handler.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device_pgid.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device_pgid.c
index 8ca2d078848c90d4ce42fc0862d1fd03869b2180..84917b39de458c66ea57225e2d60a9f590e29257 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device_pgid.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device_pgid.c
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ ccw_device_sense_pgid_start(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	/* Set a timeout of 60s */
+	ccw_device_set_timeout(cdev, 60*HZ);
+
 	cdev->private->state = DEV_STATE_SENSE_PGID;
 	cdev->private->imask = 0x80;
 	cdev->private->iretry = 5;
@@ -480,6 +483,8 @@ ccw_device_verify_start(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 		ccw_device_verify_done(cdev, -ENODEV);
 		return;
 	}
+	/* After 60s path verification is considered to have failed. */
+	ccw_device_set_timeout(cdev, 60*HZ);
 	__ccw_device_verify_start(cdev);
 }
 
@@ -554,6 +559,9 @@ ccw_device_disband_irq(struct ccw_device *cdev, enum dev_event dev_event)
 void
 ccw_device_disband_start(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 {
+	/* After 60s disbanding is considered to have failed. */
+	ccw_device_set_timeout(cdev, 60*HZ);
+
 	cdev->private->flags.pgid_single = 0;
 	cdev->private->iretry = 5;
 	cdev->private->imask = 0x80;