diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index 3f62dd50bbbe..f8445b8ff173 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -1699,8 +1699,11 @@ static void __dasd_process_request_queue(struct dasd_block *block)
 	 * for that. State DASD_STATE_ONLINE is normal block device
 	 * operation.
 	 */
-	if (basedev->state < DASD_STATE_READY)
+	if (basedev->state < DASD_STATE_READY) {
+		while ((req = blk_fetch_request(block->request_queue)))
+			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 		return;
+	}
 	/* Now we try to fetch requests from the request queue */
 	while (!blk_queue_plugged(queue) && (req = blk_peek_request(queue))) {
 		if (basedev->features & DASD_FEATURE_READONLY &&