diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
index 78cdd9047c10..c46e31e0a6d9 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device_fsm.c
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ void ccw_device_kill_io(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	ccw_device_set_timeout(cdev, 0);
 	cdev->private->iretry = 255;
 	cdev->private->async_kill_io_rc = -EIO;
 	ret = ccw_device_cancel_halt_clear(cdev);