diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c b/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
index 5d73e6e49af6..548209a9c43c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/scm_blk.c
@@ -223,8 +223,12 @@ static void scm_blk_request(struct request_queue *rq)
 	int ret;
 
 	while ((req = blk_peek_request(rq))) {
-		if (req->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS)
+		if (req->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS) {
+			blk_start_request(req);
+			blk_dump_rq_flags(req, KMSG_COMPONENT " bad request");
+			blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO);
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		if (!scm_permit_request(bdev, req)) {
 			scm_ensure_queue_restart(bdev);