diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape.h b/drivers/s390/char/tape.h
index 01d865d937917f5e83c5be620921ea0d9569641b..cd51ace8b61060bc72884acce4fe3dd0e49ccee4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ extern void tape_free_request(struct tape_request *);
 extern int tape_do_io(struct tape_device *, struct tape_request *);
 extern int tape_do_io_async(struct tape_device *, struct tape_request *);
 extern int tape_do_io_interruptible(struct tape_device *, struct tape_request *);
+extern int tape_cancel_io(struct tape_device *, struct tape_request *);
 void tape_hotplug_event(struct tape_device *, int major, int action);
 
 static inline int
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_core.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_core.c
index 5d17149a65299c4fd26aa985b4f3a3f0b3e152e5..c6fab5dbdd44e615dc1ac2429dffbad30aa69c1f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_core.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_core.c
@@ -761,6 +761,13 @@ __tape_start_next_request(struct tape_device *device)
 		 */
 		if (request->status == TAPE_REQUEST_IN_IO)
 			return;
+		/*
+		 * Request has already been stopped. We have to wait until
+		 * the request is removed from the queue in the interrupt
+		 * handling.
+		 */
+		if (request->status == TAPE_REQUEST_DONE)
+			return;
 
 		/*
 		 * We wanted to cancel the request but the common I/O layer
@@ -1023,6 +1030,20 @@ tape_do_io_interruptible(struct tape_device *device,
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Stop running ccw.
+ */
+int
+tape_cancel_io(struct tape_device *device, struct tape_request *request)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(get_ccwdev_lock(device->cdev));
+	rc = __tape_cancel_io(device, request);
+	spin_unlock_irq(get_ccwdev_lock(device->cdev));
+	return rc;
+}
+
 /*
  * Tape interrupt routine, called from the ccw_device layer
  */
@@ -1068,12 +1089,12 @@ __tape_do_irq (struct ccw_device *cdev, unsigned long intparm, struct irb *irb)
 	 * error might still apply. So we just schedule the request to be
 	 * started later.
 	 */
-	if (irb->scsw.cc != 0 && (irb->scsw.fctl & SCSW_FCTL_START_FUNC)) {
-		PRINT_WARN("(%s): deferred cc=%i. restaring\n",
-			cdev->dev.bus_id,
-			irb->scsw.cc);
+	if (irb->scsw.cc != 0 && (irb->scsw.fctl & SCSW_FCTL_START_FUNC) &&
+	    (request->status == TAPE_REQUEST_IN_IO)) {
+		DBF_EVENT(3,"(%08x): deferred cc=%i, fctl=%i. restarting\n",
+			device->cdev_id, irb->scsw.cc, irb->scsw.fctl);
 		request->status = TAPE_REQUEST_QUEUED;
-		schedule_work(&device->tape_dnr);
+		schedule_delayed_work(&device->tape_dnr, HZ);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1287,4 +1308,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tape_dump_sense_dbf);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tape_do_io);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tape_do_io_async);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tape_do_io_interruptible);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tape_cancel_io);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tape_mtop);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_std.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_std.c
index 2f9fe30989a7d8e28b096c26e169f842d94507fa..99cf881f41db8b3f995c5199e8440bb18f6ab711 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_std.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_std.c
@@ -37,20 +37,19 @@ tape_std_assign_timeout(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct tape_request *	request;
 	struct tape_device *	device;
+	int rc;
 
 	request = (struct tape_request *) data;
 	if ((device = request->device) == NULL)
 		BUG();
 
-	spin_lock_irq(get_ccwdev_lock(device->cdev));
-	if (request->callback != NULL) {
-		DBF_EVENT(3, "%08x: Assignment timeout. Device busy.\n",
+	DBF_EVENT(3, "%08x: Assignment timeout. Device busy.\n",
 			device->cdev_id);
-		PRINT_ERR("%s: Assignment timeout. Device busy.\n",
-			device->cdev->dev.bus_id);
-		ccw_device_clear(device->cdev, (long) request);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(get_ccwdev_lock(device->cdev));
+	rc = tape_cancel_io(device, request);
+	if(rc)
+		PRINT_ERR("(%s): Assign timeout: Cancel failed with rc = %i\n",
+			device->cdev->dev.bus_id, rc);
+
 }
 
 int