diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h
index a58b45df95d7..3b0a4483a252 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ static inline int multicast_outbound(struct qdio_q *q)
 extern u64 last_ai_time;
 
 /* prototypes for thin interrupt */
-void qdio_setup_thinint(struct qdio_irq *irq_ptr);
 int qdio_establish_thinint(struct qdio_irq *irq_ptr);
 void qdio_shutdown_thinint(struct qdio_irq *irq_ptr);
 void tiqdio_add_input_queues(struct qdio_irq *irq_ptr);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c
index ee0b3c586211..9dc56aa3ae55 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ int qdio_setup_irq(struct qdio_initialize *init_data)
 	setup_queues(irq_ptr, init_data);
 
 	setup_qib(irq_ptr, init_data);
-	qdio_setup_thinint(irq_ptr);
 	set_impl_params(irq_ptr, init_data->qib_param_field_format,
 			init_data->qib_param_field,
 			init_data->input_slib_elements,
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_thinint.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_thinint.c
index 93ee067c10ca..ddf780b12d40 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_thinint.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_thinint.c
@@ -268,17 +268,19 @@ int __init tiqdio_register_thinints(void)
 
 int qdio_establish_thinint(struct qdio_irq *irq_ptr)
 {
+	int rc;
+
 	if (!is_thinint_irq(irq_ptr))
 		return 0;
-	return set_subchannel_ind(irq_ptr, 0);
-}
 
-void qdio_setup_thinint(struct qdio_irq *irq_ptr)
-{
-	if (!is_thinint_irq(irq_ptr))
-		return;
 	irq_ptr->dsci = get_indicator();
 	DBF_HEX(&irq_ptr->dsci, sizeof(void *));
+
+	rc = set_subchannel_ind(irq_ptr, 0);
+	if (rc)
+		put_indicator(irq_ptr->dsci);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 void qdio_shutdown_thinint(struct qdio_irq *irq_ptr)