diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 81534437373a..fff57de78943 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -881,7 +881,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qeth_do_run_thread);
 void qeth_schedule_recovery(struct qeth_card *card)
 {
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "startrec");
-	WARN_ON(1);
 	if (qeth_set_thread_start_bit(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD) == 0)
 		schedule_work(&card->kernel_thread_starter);
 }