diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h
index 053fe8b8dec7..a75d94a9bcb2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ extern unsigned int s390_pci_no_rid;
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* Base stuff */
 int zpci_create_device(u32 fid, u32 fh, enum zpci_state state);
-void zpci_remove_device(struct zpci_dev *zdev);
+void zpci_remove_device(struct zpci_dev *zdev, bool set_error);
 int zpci_enable_device(struct zpci_dev *);
 int zpci_disable_device(struct zpci_dev *);
 int zpci_register_ioat(struct zpci_dev *, u8, u64, u64, u64);
diff --git a/arch/s390/pci/pci.c b/arch/s390/pci/pci.c
index 600881d894dd..91064077526d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/pci/pci.c
+++ b/arch/s390/pci/pci.c
@@ -682,16 +682,36 @@ int zpci_disable_device(struct zpci_dev *zdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zpci_disable_device);
 
-void zpci_remove_device(struct zpci_dev *zdev)
+/* zpci_remove_device - Removes the given zdev from the PCI core
+ * @zdev: the zdev to be removed from the PCI core
+ * @set_error: if true the device's error state is set to permanent failure
+ *
+ * Sets a zPCI device to a configured but offline state; the zPCI
+ * device is still accessible through its hotplug slot and the zPCI
+ * API but is removed from the common code PCI bus, making it
+ * no longer available to drivers.
+ */
+void zpci_remove_device(struct zpci_dev *zdev, bool set_error)
 {
 	struct zpci_bus *zbus = zdev->zbus;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
 
+	if (!zdev->zbus->bus)
+		return;
+
 	pdev = pci_get_slot(zbus->bus, zdev->devfn);
 	if (pdev) {
-		if (pdev->is_virtfn)
-			return zpci_iov_remove_virtfn(pdev, zdev->vfn);
+		if (set_error)
+			pdev->error_state = pci_channel_io_perm_failure;
+		if (pdev->is_virtfn) {
+			zpci_iov_remove_virtfn(pdev, zdev->vfn);
+			/* balance pci_get_slot */
+			pci_dev_put(pdev);
+			return;
+		}
 		pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked(pdev);
+		/* balance pci_get_slot */
+		pci_dev_put(pdev);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -765,7 +785,7 @@ void zpci_release_device(struct kref *kref)
 	struct zpci_dev *zdev = container_of(kref, struct zpci_dev, kref);
 
 	if (zdev->zbus->bus)
-		zpci_remove_device(zdev);
+		zpci_remove_device(zdev, false);
 
 	switch (zdev->state) {
 	case ZPCI_FN_STATE_ONLINE:
diff --git a/arch/s390/pci/pci_event.c b/arch/s390/pci/pci_event.c
index b4162da4e8a2..ac0c65cdd69d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/pci/pci_event.c
+++ b/arch/s390/pci/pci_event.c
@@ -76,13 +76,10 @@ void zpci_event_error(void *data)
 static void __zpci_event_availability(struct zpci_ccdf_avail *ccdf)
 {
 	struct zpci_dev *zdev = get_zdev_by_fid(ccdf->fid);
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = NULL;
 	enum zpci_state state;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (zdev && zdev->zbus->bus)
-		pdev = pci_get_slot(zdev->zbus->bus, zdev->devfn);
-
 	zpci_err("avail CCDF:\n");
 	zpci_err_hex(ccdf, sizeof(*ccdf));
 
@@ -124,8 +121,7 @@ static void __zpci_event_availability(struct zpci_ccdf_avail *ccdf)
 	case 0x0303: /* Deconfiguration requested */
 		if (!zdev)
 			break;
-		if (pdev)
-			zpci_remove_device(zdev);
+		zpci_remove_device(zdev, false);
 
 		ret = zpci_disable_device(zdev);
 		if (ret)
@@ -140,12 +136,10 @@ static void __zpci_event_availability(struct zpci_ccdf_avail *ccdf)
 	case 0x0304: /* Configured -> Standby|Reserved */
 		if (!zdev)
 			break;
-		if (pdev) {
-			/* Give the driver a hint that the function is
-			 * already unusable. */
-			pdev->error_state = pci_channel_io_perm_failure;
-			zpci_remove_device(zdev);
-		}
+		/* Give the driver a hint that the function is
+		 * already unusable.
+		 */
+		zpci_remove_device(zdev, true);
 
 		zdev->fh = ccdf->fh;
 		zpci_disable_device(zdev);
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/s390_pci_hpc.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/s390_pci_hpc.c
index c9e790c74051..a047c421debe 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/s390_pci_hpc.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/s390_pci_hpc.c
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ static int disable_slot(struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot)
 		pci_dev_put(pdev);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
+	pci_dev_put(pdev);
 
-	zpci_remove_device(zdev);
+	zpci_remove_device(zdev, false);
 
 	rc = zpci_disable_device(zdev);
 	if (rc)