PRINT_WARN("check on device %s, dstat=0x%X, cstat=0x%X \n",
                            cdev->dev.bus_id, dstat, cstat);
                if (rc) {
-                       lcs_schedule_recovery(card);
-                       wake_up(&card->wait_q);
-                       return;
+                       channel->state = LCS_CH_STATE_ERROR;
                }
        }
+       if (channel->state == LCS_CH_STATE_ERROR) {
+               lcs_schedule_recovery(card);
+               wake_up(&card->wait_q);
+               return;
+       }
        /* How far in the ccw chain have we processed? */
        if ((channel->state != LCS_CH_STATE_INIT) &&
            (irb->scsw.fctl & SCSW_FCTL_START_FUNC)) {
 
        if (card->read.state != LCS_CH_STATE_STOPPED &&
            card->write.state != LCS_CH_STATE_STOPPED &&
+           card->read.state != LCS_CH_STATE_ERROR &&
+           card->write.state != LCS_CH_STATE_ERROR &&
            card->state == DEV_STATE_UP) {
                lcs_clear_multicast_list(card);
                rc = lcs_send_stoplan(card,LCS_INITIATOR_TCPIP);