diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 33f682a3443f..145b57762d8f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -2087,25 +2087,26 @@ int qeth_send_control_data(struct qeth_card *card, int len,
 	}
 	reply->callback = reply_cb;
 	reply->param = reply_param;
-	if (card->state == CARD_STATE_DOWN)
-		reply->seqno = QETH_IDX_COMMAND_SEQNO;
-	else
-		reply->seqno = card->seqno.ipa++;
+
 	init_waitqueue_head(&reply->wait_q);
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&card->lock, flags);
-	list_add_tail(&reply->list, &card->cmd_waiter_list);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
 	QETH_DBF_HEX(CTRL, 2, iob->data, QETH_DBF_CTRL_LEN);
 
 	while (atomic_cmpxchg(&card->write.irq_pending, 0, 1)) ;
-	qeth_prepare_control_data(card, len, iob);
 
 	if (IS_IPA(iob->data)) {
 		cmd = __ipa_cmd(iob);
+		cmd->hdr.seqno = card->seqno.ipa++;
+		reply->seqno = cmd->hdr.seqno;
 		event_timeout = QETH_IPA_TIMEOUT;
 	} else {
+		reply->seqno = QETH_IDX_COMMAND_SEQNO;
 		event_timeout = QETH_TIMEOUT;
 	}
+	qeth_prepare_control_data(card, len, iob);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&card->lock, flags);
+	list_add_tail(&reply->list, &card->cmd_waiter_list);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock, flags);
 
 	timeout = jiffies + event_timeout;
 
@@ -2896,7 +2897,7 @@ static void qeth_fill_ipacmd_header(struct qeth_card *card,
 	memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(struct qeth_ipa_cmd));
 	cmd->hdr.command = command;
 	cmd->hdr.initiator = IPA_CMD_INITIATOR_HOST;
-	cmd->hdr.seqno = card->seqno.ipa;
+	/* cmd->hdr.seqno is set by qeth_send_control_data() */
 	cmd->hdr.adapter_type = qeth_get_ipa_adp_type(card->info.link_type);
 	cmd->hdr.rel_adapter_no = (__u8) card->info.portno;
 	if (card->options.layer2)