cdev->handler(cdev, cdev->private->intparm, ERR_PTR(-EIO));
        while (ret == -EBUSY) {
                cdev->private->state = DEV_STATE_QUIESCE;
+               cdev->private->iretry = 255;
                ret = ccw_device_cancel_halt_clear(cdev);
                if (ret == -EBUSY) {
                        ccw_device_set_timeout(cdev, HZ/10);
 
                ret = cio_clear (sch);
                return (ret == 0) ? -EBUSY : ret;
        }
-       panic("Can't stop i/o on subchannel.\n");
+       /* Function was unsuccessful */
+       CIO_MSG_EVENT(0, "0.%x.%04x: could not stop I/O\n",
+                     cdev->private->dev_id.ssid, cdev->private->dev_id.devno);
+       return -EIO;
 }
 
 void ccw_device_update_sense_data(struct ccw_device *cdev)
        int ret;
 
        ccw_device_set_timeout(cdev, 0);
+       cdev->private->iretry = 255;
        ret = ccw_device_cancel_halt_clear(cdev);
        if (ret == -EBUSY) {
                ccw_device_set_timeout(cdev, 3*HZ);
                cdev->private->state = DEV_STATE_TIMEOUT_KILL;
                return;
        }
-       if (ret == -ENODEV)
+       if (ret)
                dev_fsm_event(cdev, DEV_EVENT_NOTOPER);
        else if (cdev->handler)
                cdev->handler(cdev, cdev->private->intparm,
 {
        int ret;
 
+       cdev->private->iretry = 255;
        ret = ccw_device_cancel_halt_clear(cdev);
        if (ret == -EBUSY) {
                ccw_device_set_timeout(cdev, 3*HZ);