diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index 329db997ee66..3679aeca1c1a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -2326,21 +2326,11 @@ static int _dasd_sleep_on_queue(struct list_head *ccw_queue, int interruptible)
 			return -EAGAIN;
 
 		/* normal recovery for basedev IO */
-		if (__dasd_sleep_on_erp(cqr)) {
+		if (__dasd_sleep_on_erp(cqr))
+			/* handle erp first */
 			goto retry;
-			/* remember that ERP was needed */
-			rc = 1;
-			/* skip processing for active cqr */
-			if (cqr->status != DASD_CQR_TERMINATED &&
-			    cqr->status != DASD_CQR_NEED_ERP)
-				break;
-		}
 	}
 
-	/* start ERP requests in upper loop */
-	if (rc)
-		goto retry;
-
 	return 0;
 }