diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 6a58bc8f46e2..1e97d1a03467 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -868,8 +868,10 @@ static void io_subchannel_register(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 	 * Now we know this subchannel will stay, we can throw
 	 * our delayed uevent.
 	 */
-	dev_set_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev, 0);
-	kobject_uevent(&sch->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+	if (dev_get_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev)) {
+		dev_set_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev, 0);
+		kobject_uevent(&sch->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+	}
 	/* make it known to the system */
 	ret = ccw_device_add(cdev);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1077,8 +1079,11 @@ static int io_subchannel_probe(struct subchannel *sch)
 		 * Throw the delayed uevent for the subchannel, register
 		 * the ccw_device and exit.
 		 */
-		dev_set_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev, 0);
-		kobject_uevent(&sch->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+		if (dev_get_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev)) {
+			/* should always be the case for the console */
+			dev_set_uevent_suppress(&sch->dev, 0);
+			kobject_uevent(&sch->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+		}
 		cdev = sch_get_cdev(sch);
 		rc = ccw_device_add(cdev);
 		if (rc) {