diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 8eb089b99cde..d5c43e9b5128 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -1111,6 +1111,8 @@ static void io_subchannel_verify(struct subchannel *sch)
 	cdev = sch_get_cdev(sch);
 	if (cdev)
 		dev_fsm_event(cdev, DEV_EVENT_VERIFY);
+	else
+		css_schedule_eval(sch->schid);
 }
 
 static void io_subchannel_terminate_path(struct subchannel *sch, u8 mask)