diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
index 18ab84e9c6b2..58cd0e0c9680 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ static int get_outbound_buffer_frontier(struct qdio_q *q)
 
 	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);