diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c b/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
index 9f16ea6964ec..152de6817875 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
@@ -300,13 +300,6 @@ static void scm_blk_request(struct request_queue *rq)
 	struct request *req;
 
 	while ((req = blk_peek_request(rq))) {
-		if (req->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS) {
-			blk_start_request(req);
-			blk_dump_rq_flags(req, KMSG_COMPONENT " bad request");
-			__blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
-			continue;
-		}
-
 		if (!scm_permit_request(bdev, req))
 			goto out;