diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
index 63c6e9cf958f..de647b7e17b1 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static inline int qdio_check_ccq(struct qdio_q *q, unsigned int ccq)
 static int qdio_do_eqbs(struct qdio_q *q, unsigned char *state,
 			int start, int count, int auto_ack)
 {
-	int rc, tmp_count = count, tmp_start = start, nr = q->nr, retried = 0;
+	int rc, tmp_count = count, tmp_start = start, nr = q->nr;
 	unsigned int ccq = 0;
 
 	qperf_inc(q, eqbs);
@@ -151,14 +151,7 @@ again:
 		qperf_inc(q, eqbs_partial);
 		DBF_DEV_EVENT(DBF_WARN, q->irq_ptr, "EQBS part:%02x",
 			tmp_count);
-		/*
-		 * Retry once, if that fails bail out and process the
-		 * extracted buffers before trying again.
-		 */
-		if (!retried++)
-			goto again;
-		else
-			return count - tmp_count;
+		return count - tmp_count;
 	}
 
 	DBF_ERROR("%4x EQBS ERROR", SCH_NO(q));