diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 89867bc..ffe6960 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -572,6 +572,10 @@
 	card = CARD_FROM_CDEV(channel->ccwdev);
 	if (qeth_check_idx_response(iob->data)) {
 		qeth_clear_ipacmd_list(card);
+		if (((iob->data[2] & 0xc0) == 0xc0) && iob->data[4] == 0xf6)
+			dev_err(&card->gdev->dev,
+				"The qeth device is not configured "
+				"for the OSI layer required by z/VM\n");
 		qeth_schedule_recovery(card);
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index 2c48591..21627ba 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -1126,9 +1126,11 @@
 		dev_info(&card->gdev->dev,
 			"Device successfully recovered!\n");
 	else {
-		rtnl_lock();
-		dev_close(card->dev);
-		rtnl_unlock();
+		if (card->dev) {
+			rtnl_lock();
+			dev_close(card->dev);
+			rtnl_unlock();
+		}
 		dev_warn(&card->gdev->dev, "The qeth device driver "
 			"failed to recover an error on the device\n");
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index cdd6ab9..8f30085 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2082,9 +2082,11 @@
 		if (recovery_mode)
 			qeth_l3_stop(card->dev);
 		else {
-			rtnl_lock();
-			dev_close(card->dev);
-			rtnl_unlock();
+			if (card->dev) {
+				rtnl_lock();
+				dev_close(card->dev);
+				rtnl_unlock();
+			}
 		}
 		if (!card->use_hard_stop) {
 			rc = qeth_send_stoplan(card);