diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 5bbb112b1619..fb591118ecb2 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ static int purge_fn(struct subchannel *sch, void *data)
 
 	cdev = sch_get_cdev(sch);
 	if (cdev) {
-		if (cdev->private->state != DEV_STATE_OFFLINE)
+		if (cdev->online)
 			goto unlock;
 
 		if (atomic_cmpxchg(&cdev->private->onoff, 0, 1) != 0)