diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
index 7b7620de2acd..730c4e68094b 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ static int get_outbound_buffer_frontier(struct qdio_q *q, unsigned int start)
 
 	switch (state) {
 	case SLSB_P_OUTPUT_EMPTY:
+	case SLSB_P_OUTPUT_PENDING:
 		/* the adapter got it */
 		DBF_DEV_EVENT(DBF_INFO, q->irq_ptr,
 			"out empty:%1d %02x", q->nr, count);