diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index b9a2349e4b90..bb406eacef82 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -655,17 +655,17 @@ static int qeth_check_idx_response(struct qeth_card *card,
 	unsigned char *buffer)
 {
 	QETH_DBF_HEX(CTRL, 2, buffer, QETH_DBF_CTRL_LEN);
-	if ((buffer[2] & 0xc0) == 0xc0) {
+	if ((buffer[2] & QETH_IDX_TERMINATE_MASK) == QETH_IDX_TERMINATE) {
 		QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2, "received an IDX TERMINATE with cause code %#04x\n",
 				 buffer[4]);
 		QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "ckidxres");
 		QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, " idxterm");
-		QETH_CARD_TEXT_(card, 2, "  rc%d", -EIO);
-		if (buffer[4] == 0xf6) {
+		QETH_CARD_TEXT_(card, 2, "rc%x", buffer[4]);
+		if (buffer[4] == QETH_IDX_TERM_BAD_TRANSPORT ||
+		    buffer[4] == QETH_IDX_TERM_BAD_TRANSPORT_VM) {
 			dev_err(&card->gdev->dev,
-			"The qeth device is not configured "
-			"for the OSI layer required by z/VM\n");
-			return -EPERM;
+				"The device does not support the configured transport mode\n");
+			return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
 		}
 		return -EIO;
 	}
@@ -742,10 +742,10 @@ static void qeth_issue_next_read_cb(struct qeth_card *card,
 	case 0:
 		break;
 	case -EIO:
-		qeth_clear_ipacmd_list(card);
 		qeth_schedule_recovery(card);
 		/* fall through */
 	default:
+		qeth_clear_ipacmd_list(card);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h
index 88f4dc140751..6f5290fabd2c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h
@@ -899,6 +899,11 @@ extern unsigned char IDX_ACTIVATE_WRITE[];
 #define QETH_IDX_ACT_ERR_AUTH		0x1E
 #define QETH_IDX_ACT_ERR_AUTH_USER	0x20
 
+#define QETH_IDX_TERMINATE		0xc0
+#define QETH_IDX_TERMINATE_MASK		0xc0
+#define QETH_IDX_TERM_BAD_TRANSPORT	0x41
+#define QETH_IDX_TERM_BAD_TRANSPORT_VM	0xf6
+
 #define PDU_ENCAPSULATION(buffer) \
 	(buffer + *(buffer + (*(buffer + 0x0b)) + \
 	 *(buffer + *(buffer + 0x0b) + 0x11) + 0x07))