unsigned char *buffer)
 {
        QETH_DBF_HEX(CTRL, 2, buffer, QETH_DBF_CTRL_LEN);
-       if ((buffer[2] & 0xc0) == 0xc0) {
+       if ((buffer[2] & QETH_IDX_TERMINATE_MASK) == QETH_IDX_TERMINATE) {
                QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2, "received an IDX TERMINATE with cause code %#04x\n",
                                 buffer[4]);
                QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "ckidxres");
                QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, " idxterm");
-               QETH_CARD_TEXT_(card, 2, "  rc%d", -EIO);
-               if (buffer[4] == 0xf6) {
+               QETH_CARD_TEXT_(card, 2, "rc%x", buffer[4]);
+               if (buffer[4] == QETH_IDX_TERM_BAD_TRANSPORT ||
+                   buffer[4] == QETH_IDX_TERM_BAD_TRANSPORT_VM) {
                        dev_err(&card->gdev->dev,
-                       "The qeth device is not configured "
-                       "for the OSI layer required by z/VM\n");
-                       return -EPERM;
+                               "The device does not support the configured transport mode\n");
+                       return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
                }
                return -EIO;
        }
        case 0:
                break;
        case -EIO:
-               qeth_clear_ipacmd_list(card);
                qeth_schedule_recovery(card);
                /* fall through */
        default:
+               qeth_clear_ipacmd_list(card);
                goto out;
        }
 
 
 #define QETH_IDX_ACT_ERR_AUTH          0x1E
 #define QETH_IDX_ACT_ERR_AUTH_USER     0x20
 
+#define QETH_IDX_TERMINATE             0xc0
+#define QETH_IDX_TERMINATE_MASK                0xc0
+#define QETH_IDX_TERM_BAD_TRANSPORT    0x41
+#define QETH_IDX_TERM_BAD_TRANSPORT_VM 0xf6
+
 #define PDU_ENCAPSULATION(buffer) \
        (buffer + *(buffer + (*(buffer + 0x0b)) + \
         *(buffer + *(buffer + 0x0b) + 0x11) + 0x07))