diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c
index e115623b86b2..66e4bdca9d89 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_setup.c
@@ -224,8 +224,15 @@ static void setup_queues(struct qdio_irq *irq_ptr,
 		setup_queues_misc(q, irq_ptr, qdio_init->input_handler, i);
 
 		q->is_input_q = 1;
-		q->u.in.queue_start_poll = qdio_init->queue_start_poll_array ?
-				qdio_init->queue_start_poll_array[i] : NULL;
+		if (qdio_init->queue_start_poll_array &&
+		    qdio_init->queue_start_poll_array[i]) {
+			q->u.in.queue_start_poll =
+				qdio_init->queue_start_poll_array[i];
+			set_bit(QDIO_QUEUE_IRQS_DISABLED,
+				&q->u.in.queue_irq_state);
+		} else {
+			q->u.in.queue_start_poll = NULL;
+		}
 
 		setup_storage_lists(q, irq_ptr, input_sbal_array, i);
 		input_sbal_array += QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index fdc50543ce9a..37c17ad8ee25 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -6582,9 +6582,6 @@ int qeth_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 4, "qethopen");
 
-	if (qdio_stop_irq(CARD_DDEV(card), 0) < 0)
-		return -EIO;
-
 	card->data.state = CH_STATE_UP;
 	netif_tx_start_all_queues(dev);
 
@@ -6634,6 +6631,8 @@ int qeth_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	napi_disable(&card->napi);
+	qdio_stop_irq(CARD_DDEV(card), 0);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qeth_stop);