diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index c4e2004bd0e..c1296713311 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ static void __exit qeth_l2_exit(void)
 static void qeth_l2_shutdown(struct ccwgroup_device *gdev)
 {
 	struct qeth_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(&gdev->dev);
+	qeth_set_allowed_threads(card, 0, 1);
 	if ((gdev->state == CCWGROUP_ONLINE) && card->info.hwtrap)
 		qeth_hw_trap(card, QETH_DIAGS_TRAP_DISARM);
 	qeth_qdio_clear_card(card, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 9754df93ec8..8eff8f70986 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -3598,6 +3598,7 @@ static int qeth_l3_recover(void *ptr)
 static void qeth_l3_shutdown(struct ccwgroup_device *gdev)
 {
 	struct qeth_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(&gdev->dev);
+	qeth_set_allowed_threads(card, 0, 1);
 	if ((gdev->state == CCWGROUP_ONLINE) && card->info.hwtrap)
 		qeth_hw_trap(card, QETH_DIAGS_TRAP_DISARM);
 	qeth_qdio_clear_card(card, 0);