diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
index 296bbc3c4606..cf63916814cc 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 
 struct kmem_cache *zfcp_fsf_qtcb_cache;
 
+static bool ber_stop = true;
+module_param(ber_stop, bool, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ber_stop,
+		 "Shuts down FCP devices for FCP channels that report a bit-error count in excess of its threshold (default on)");
+
 static void zfcp_fsf_request_timeout_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 {
 	struct zfcp_fsf_req *fsf_req = from_timer(fsf_req, t, timer);
@@ -236,10 +241,15 @@ static void zfcp_fsf_status_read_handler(struct zfcp_fsf_req *req)
 	case FSF_STATUS_READ_SENSE_DATA_AVAIL:
 		break;
 	case FSF_STATUS_READ_BIT_ERROR_THRESHOLD:
-		dev_warn(&adapter->ccw_device->dev,
-			 "The error threshold for checksum statistics "
-			 "has been exceeded\n");
 		zfcp_dbf_hba_bit_err("fssrh_3", req);
+		if (ber_stop) {
+			dev_warn(&adapter->ccw_device->dev,
+				 "All paths over this FCP device are disused because of excessive bit errors\n");
+			zfcp_erp_adapter_shutdown(adapter, 0, "fssrh_b");
+		} else {
+			dev_warn(&adapter->ccw_device->dev,
+				 "The error threshold for checksum statistics has been exceeded\n");
+		}
 		break;
 	case FSF_STATUS_READ_LINK_DOWN:
 		zfcp_fsf_status_read_link_down(req);