}
        reply->callback = reply_cb;
        reply->param = reply_param;
-       if (card->state == CARD_STATE_DOWN)
-               reply->seqno = QETH_IDX_COMMAND_SEQNO;
-       else
-               reply->seqno = card->seqno.ipa++;
+
        init_waitqueue_head(&reply->wait_q);
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&card->lock, flags);
-       list_add_tail(&reply->list, &card->cmd_waiter_list);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
 
        while (atomic_cmpxchg(&card->write.irq_pending, 0, 1)) ;
-       qeth_prepare_control_data(card, len, iob);
 
        if (IS_IPA(iob->data)) {
                cmd = __ipa_cmd(iob);
+               cmd->hdr.seqno = card->seqno.ipa++;
+               reply->seqno = cmd->hdr.seqno;
                event_timeout = QETH_IPA_TIMEOUT;
        } else {
+               reply->seqno = QETH_IDX_COMMAND_SEQNO;
                event_timeout = QETH_TIMEOUT;
        }
+       qeth_prepare_control_data(card, len, iob);
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&card->lock, flags);
+       list_add_tail(&reply->list, &card->cmd_waiter_list);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
 
        timeout = jiffies + event_timeout;
 
        memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(struct qeth_ipa_cmd));
        cmd->hdr.command = command;
        cmd->hdr.initiator = IPA_CMD_INITIATOR_HOST;
-       cmd->hdr.seqno = card->seqno.ipa;
+       /* cmd->hdr.seqno is set by qeth_send_control_data() */
        cmd->hdr.adapter_type = qeth_get_ipa_adp_type(card->info.link_type);
        cmd->hdr.rel_adapter_no = (__u8) card->info.portno;
        if (card->options.layer2)