qeth_put_reply(reply);
        }
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
-       atomic_set(&card->write.irq_pending, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qeth_clear_ipacmd_list);
 
 {
        int rc;
        int cstat, dstat;
+       struct qeth_cmd_buffer *iob = NULL;
        struct qeth_channel *channel;
        struct qeth_card *card;
-       struct qeth_cmd_buffer *iob;
-
-       if (__qeth_check_irb_error(cdev, intparm, irb))
-               return;
-       cstat = irb->scsw.cmd.cstat;
-       dstat = irb->scsw.cmd.dstat;
 
        card = CARD_FROM_CDEV(cdev);
        if (!card)
                channel = &card->data;
                QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 5, "data");
        }
+
+       if (qeth_intparm_is_iob(intparm))
+               iob = (struct qeth_cmd_buffer *) __va((addr_t)intparm);
+
+       if (__qeth_check_irb_error(cdev, intparm, irb)) {
+               /* IO was terminated, free its resources. */
+               if (iob)
+                       qeth_release_buffer(iob->channel, iob);
+               atomic_set(&channel->irq_pending, 0);
+               wake_up(&card->wait_q);
+               return;
+       }
+
        atomic_set(&channel->irq_pending, 0);
 
        if (irb->scsw.cmd.fctl & (SCSW_FCTL_CLEAR_FUNC))
                /* we don't have to handle this further */
                intparm = 0;
        }
+
+       cstat = irb->scsw.cmd.cstat;
+       dstat = irb->scsw.cmd.dstat;
+
        if ((dstat & DEV_STAT_UNIT_EXCEP) ||
            (dstat & DEV_STAT_UNIT_CHECK) ||
            (cstat)) {
            channel->state == CH_STATE_UP)
                __qeth_issue_next_read(card);
 
-       if (intparm) {
-               iob = (struct qeth_cmd_buffer *) __va((addr_t)intparm);
-               if (iob->callback)
-                       iob->callback(iob->channel, iob);
-       }
+       if (iob && iob->callback)
+               iob->callback(iob->channel, iob);
 
 out:
        wake_up(&card->wait_q);
                   atomic_cmpxchg(&channel->irq_pending, 0, 1) == 0);
        QETH_DBF_TEXT(SETUP, 6, "noirqpnd");
        spin_lock_irqsave(get_ccwdev_lock(channel->ccwdev), flags);
-       rc = ccw_device_start(channel->ccwdev,
-                             &channel->ccw, (addr_t) iob, 0, 0);
+       rc = ccw_device_start_timeout(channel->ccwdev, &channel->ccw,
+                                     (addr_t) iob, 0, 0, QETH_TIMEOUT);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(get_ccwdev_lock(channel->ccwdev), flags);
 
        if (rc) {
        if (channel->state != CH_STATE_UP) {
                rc = -ETIME;
                QETH_DBF_TEXT_(SETUP, 2, "3err%d", rc);
-               qeth_clear_cmd_buffers(channel);
        } else
                rc = 0;
        return rc;
                   atomic_cmpxchg(&channel->irq_pending, 0, 1) == 0);
        QETH_DBF_TEXT(SETUP, 6, "noirqpnd");
        spin_lock_irqsave(get_ccwdev_lock(channel->ccwdev), flags);
-       rc = ccw_device_start(channel->ccwdev,
-                             &channel->ccw, (addr_t) iob, 0, 0);
+       rc = ccw_device_start_timeout(channel->ccwdev, &channel->ccw,
+                                     (addr_t) iob, 0, 0, QETH_TIMEOUT);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(get_ccwdev_lock(channel->ccwdev), flags);
 
        if (rc) {
                QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2, "%s IDX activate timed out\n",
                        dev_name(&channel->ccwdev->dev));
                QETH_DBF_TEXT_(SETUP, 2, "2err%d", -ETIME);
-               qeth_clear_cmd_buffers(channel);
                return -ETIME;
        }
        return qeth_idx_activate_get_answer(channel, idx_reply_cb);
 
        QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 6, "noirqpnd");
        spin_lock_irqsave(get_ccwdev_lock(card->write.ccwdev), flags);
-       rc = ccw_device_start(card->write.ccwdev, &card->write.ccw,
-                             (addr_t) iob, 0, 0);
+       rc = ccw_device_start_timeout(CARD_WDEV(card), &card->write.ccw,
+                                     (addr_t) iob, 0, 0, event_timeout);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(get_ccwdev_lock(card->write.ccwdev), flags);
        if (rc) {
                QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2, "%s qeth_send_control_data: "
                }
        }
 
-       if (reply->rc == -EIO)
-               goto error;
        rc = reply->rc;
        qeth_put_reply(reply);
        return rc;
        list_del_init(&reply->list);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&reply->card->lock, flags);
        atomic_inc(&reply->received);
-error:
-       atomic_set(&card->write.irq_pending, 0);
-       qeth_release_buffer(iob->channel, iob);
        rc = reply->rc;
        qeth_put_reply(reply);
        return rc;