diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
index 59d469bddf3d..7749deb614d7 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
@@ -3228,12 +3228,11 @@ static int dasd_eckd_ese_read(struct dasd_ccw_req *cqr, struct irb *irb)
 				cqr->proc_bytes = blk_count * blksize;
 				return 0;
 			}
-			if (dst && !skip_block) {
-				dst += off;
+			if (dst && !skip_block)
 				memset(dst, 0, blksize);
-			} else {
+			else
 				skip_block--;
-			}
+			dst += blksize;
 			blk_count++;
 		}
 	}