diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index ac8ad951a420..fe70e9875bde 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -2633,12 +2633,12 @@ static int qeth_init_input_buffer(struct qeth_card *card,
 		buf->rx_skb = netdev_alloc_skb(card->dev,
 					       QETH_RX_PULL_LEN + ETH_HLEN);
 		if (!buf->rx_skb)
-			return 1;
+			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	pool_entry = qeth_find_free_buffer_pool_entry(card);
 	if (!pool_entry)
-		return 1;
+		return -ENOBUFS;
 
 	/*
 	 * since the buffer is accessed only from the input_tasklet
@@ -2670,10 +2670,15 @@ int qeth_init_qdio_queues(struct qeth_card *card)
 	/* inbound queue */
 	qdio_reset_buffers(card->qdio.in_q->qdio_bufs, QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q);
 	memset(&card->rx, 0, sizeof(struct qeth_rx));
+
 	qeth_initialize_working_pool_list(card);
 	/*give only as many buffers to hardware as we have buffer pool entries*/
-	for (i = 0; i < card->qdio.in_buf_pool.buf_count - 1; ++i)
-		qeth_init_input_buffer(card, &card->qdio.in_q->bufs[i]);
+	for (i = 0; i < card->qdio.in_buf_pool.buf_count - 1; i++) {
+		rc = qeth_init_input_buffer(card, &card->qdio.in_q->bufs[i]);
+		if (rc)
+			return rc;
+	}
+
 	card->qdio.in_q->next_buf_to_init =
 		card->qdio.in_buf_pool.buf_count - 1;
 	rc = do_QDIO(CARD_DDEV(card), QDIO_FLAG_SYNC_INPUT, 0, 0,