diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 3f026021e95e..84f659cafe76 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -1532,8 +1532,7 @@ static int io_subchannel_sch_event(struct subchannel *sch, int process)
 	switch (action) {
 	case IO_SCH_ORPH_UNREG:
 	case IO_SCH_UNREG:
-		if (!cdev)
-			css_sch_device_unregister(sch);
+		css_sch_device_unregister(sch);
 		break;
 	case IO_SCH_ORPH_ATTACH:
 	case IO_SCH_UNREG_ATTACH: